First Busey Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:BUSE)

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

First Busey announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 9th. Investors of record on Friday, July 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, July 26th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 18th. View First Busey's Dividend History.

First Busey Co. (NASDAQ:BUSE) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The bank reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.01. The bank earned $101.32 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $102.67 million. First Busey had a return on equity of 10.01% and a net margin of 24.14%. View First Busey's Earnings History.

First Busey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for First Busey.

3 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for First Busey's shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate First Busey's share price to reach $29.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Busey.

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

Media headlines about BUSE stock have trended somewhat negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Busey earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for First Busey.

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First Busey's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.65%), Vanguard Group Inc. (3.87%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.89%), Bank of Edwardsville (2.01%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.97%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.82%). Company insiders that own First Busey stock include David J Downey, George Barr, Gregory B Lykins, Jon D Stewart, Stanley J Bradshaw, Stephen V King 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 Morgan Stanley, Skyline Asset Management LP, Royal Bank of Canada, Russell Investments Group Ltd., THB Asset Management, First Trust Advisors LP, Invesco Ltd. and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Busey.

BUSE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Edwardsville, BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought First Busey stock in the last two years include David J Downey, Gregory B Lykins, Jon D Stewart, Stanley J Bradshaw, Stephen V King 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BUSE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.81.

First Busey has a market capitalization of $1.43 billion and generates $376.03 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $98.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.10 on an earnings per share basis. First Busey employs 1,270 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First Busey.

The official website for First Busey is http://www.busey.com/.

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]