NASDAQ:BUSE - First Busey Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

First Busey declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 10th. Investors of record on Friday, July 20th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, July 27th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 19th. View First Busey's Dividend History.

First Busey Co. (NASDAQ:BUSE) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 24th. The bank reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.02. The bank earned $83.17 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $84.85 million. First Busey had a return on equity of 9.97% and a net margin of 21.51%. View First Busey's Earnings History.

First Busey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for First Busey.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for First Busey's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect First Busey's stock price to reach $33.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Busey.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Busey in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for First Busey.

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News headlines about BUSE stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. First Busey earned a coverage optimism score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank an impact score of 46.69 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for First Busey.

First Busey's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.77%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.13%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.46%), LSV Asset Management (0.60%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.59%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.54%). Company insiders that own First Busey stock include Curt A Anderson, George Barr and Jon D Stewart. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Busey.

BUSE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Maltese Capital Management LLC, Maltese Capital Management LLC, Zebra Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and Capital Fund Management S.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Busey.

BUSE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Citadel Advisors LLC and WBI Investments Inc.. 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 $31.35.

First Busey has a market capitalization of $1.52 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]