First Busey - BUSE Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Busey in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BUSE shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for First Busey's shares. Their BUSE share price forecasts range from $23.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $24.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.1%.
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First Busey's stock was trading at $24.72 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BUSE stock has decreased by 0.1% and is now trading at $24.69.
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First Busey saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 466,100 shares, a decrease of 9.6% from the December 31st total of 515,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 138,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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First Busey Co. (NASDAQ:BUSE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 25th. The bank reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.08. The bank earned $104.01 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $102.41 million. First Busey had a net margin of 26.36% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.35%.

First Busey declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, January 27th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 19th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.90%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 41.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BUSE will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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28 employees have rated First Busey Chief Executive Officer Van A. Dukeman on Glassdoor.com. Van A. Dukeman has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Van A. Dukeman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

First Busey's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (2.38%), Jacobs Asset Management LLC (0.36%), Swiss National Bank (0.23%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.16%), Cozad Asset Management Inc. (0.12%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Cassandra R Sanford, George Barr, Gregory B Lykins, Jeffrey David Jones, John Joseph Powers, Michael David Cassens, Robin N Elliott, Stanley J Bradshaw, Stephen V King and Van A Dukeman.
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One share of BUSE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.69.

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion and generates $486.79 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $128.31 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.29 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,499 workers across the globe.

First Busey's mailing address is 100 W. University Avenue, Champaign IL, 61820. The official website for the company is www.busey.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (217) 365-4500, via email at robin.elliott@busey.com, or via fax at 217-365-4879.