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BUSE vs. ZION, BPOP, ONB, PB, SNV, BOKF, HOMB, UBSI, COLB, and FNB

Should you be buying First Busey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Busey include Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Popular (BPOP), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Synovus Financial (SNV), BOK Financial (BOKF), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

First Busey vs.

Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Zions Bancorporation, National Association had 10 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association and 9 mentions for First Busey. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's score of 1.03 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Busey
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

76.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

First Busey has a net margin of 17.14% compared to Zions Bancorporation, National Association's net margin of 15.70%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity of 13.65% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zions Bancorporation, National Association15.70% 13.65% 0.89%
First Busey 17.14%8.94%1.00%

Zions Bancorporation, National Association has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zions Bancorporation, National Association$3.18B2.18$784M$5.129.17
First Busey$475.63M4.10$113.69M$1.0720.38

Zions Bancorporation, National Association presently has a consensus price target of $57.94, suggesting a potential upside of 23.38%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.80, suggesting a potential upside of 27.46%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Zions Bancorporation, National Association.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 364 more outperform votes than First Busey when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.07% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote while only 52.25% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Zions Bancorporation, National AssociationOutperform Votes
743
52.25%
Underperform Votes
679
47.75%
First BuseyOutperform Votes
379
54.07%
Underperform Votes
322
45.93%

Summary

Zions Bancorporation, National Association beats First Busey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BUSE vs. The Competition

MetricFirst BuseyState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.95B$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield4.43%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio11.0723.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales4.103.0627.62120.55
Price / Cash7.6510.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.951.192.774.50
Net Income$113.69M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-3.37%-2.97%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance5.98%4.41%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance-6.48%15.59%536.61%7.30%

First Busey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUSE
First Busey
4.9629 of 5 stars
$21.81
-0.2%
$27.80
+27.5%
-7.1%$1.95B$475.63M11.071,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
4.7102 of 5 stars
$49.08
-0.3%
$58.47
+19.1%
+5.9%$7.26B$3.18B9.929,990Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BPOP
Popular
4.9939 of 5 stars
$105.29
+0.7%
$114.43
+8.7%
+12.5%$7.21B$2.84B12.308,810Positive News
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.7548 of 5 stars
$21.93
-0.9%
$25.67
+17.0%
+19.3%$7.01B$1.93B13.053,970News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
4.9856 of 5 stars
$72.67
+0.1%
$83.71
+15.2%
+8.8%$6.92B$1.17B14.363,630Analyst Forecast
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.6405 of 5 stars
$49.21
-0.5%
$56.11
+14.0%
+17.8%$6.84B$2.01B16.135,110News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BOKF
BOK Financial
4.7158 of 5 stars
$97.76
+0.2%
$111.60
+14.2%
-0.9%$6.28B$1.98B12.024,790News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
3.3893 of 5 stars
$29.20
-0.4%
$32.40
+11.0%
+16.3%$5.77B$1.01B14.462,770News Coverage
Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
4.1841 of 5 stars
$37.32
+0.3%
$40.63
+8.9%
+5.7%$5.30B$1.07B13.622,760News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
COLB
Columbia Banking System
4.3627 of 5 stars
$24.89
-0.5%
$29.85
+19.9%
+17.8%$5.23B$1.95B9.802,090Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FNB
F.N.B.
4.4261 of 5 stars
$14.37
-0.4%
$17.57
+22.3%
-2.2%$5.17B$1.60B11.404,020

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