NASDAQ:BUSE - First Busey Stock Price, Price Target & More

First Busey trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BUSE."

First Busey announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, April 27th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 19th. View First Busey's Dividend History.

First Busey Co. (NASDAQ:BUSE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The bank reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.07. The bank had revenue of $82.24 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $84.98 million. First Busey had a return on equity of 9.93% and a net margin of 20.74%. View First Busey's Earnings History.

First Busey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for First Busey.

4 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for First Busey's stock. Their predictions range from $32.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate First Busey's stock price to reach $33.75 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for First Busey.

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News stories about BUSE stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. First Busey earned a news sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the bank an impact score of 47.89 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

First Busey's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.22%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.96%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.29%), Northern Trust Corp (1.60%), Thomson Horstmann & Bryant Inc. (1.06%) and Millennium Management LLC (1.01%). Company insiders that own First Busey stock include Curt A Anderson, George Barr, Jon D Stewart, Stanley J Bradshaw and Thomas G Sloan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Busey.

BUSE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Asset Management One Co. Ltd., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Banc Funds Co. LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Federated Investors Inc. PA. Company insiders that have sold First Busey company stock in the last year include Curt A Anderson and George Barr. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Busey.

BUSE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Maltese Capital Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Citadel Advisors LLC, Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc., GSA Capital Partners LLP and WINTON GROUP Ltd. Company insiders that have bought First Busey stock in the last two years include Jon D Stewart, Stanley J Bradshaw and Thomas G Sloan. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Busey.

Shares of BUSE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BUSE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.03.

First Busey has a market capitalization of $1.59 billion and generates $308.78 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $62.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.61 on an earnings per share basis. First Busey employs 1,347 workers across the globe.

First Busey's mailing address is 100 W. University Avenue, Champaign IL, 61820. The bank can be reached via phone at 217-365-4544 or via email at [email protected]