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First Busey (BUSE) Competitors

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$24.00 -0.38 (-1.56%)
As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

BUSE vs. FFBC, FRME, HWC, PPBI, RNST, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, WSBC, and FCF

Should you be buying First Busey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Busey include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Renasant (RNST), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), WesBanco (WSBC), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Busey vs. Its Competitors

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 18.65% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.44% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Financial Bancorp.18.65% 10.44% 1.38%
First Busey 8.32%8.46%0.96%

First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Financial Bancorp. presently has a consensus target price of $28.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.28%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than First Financial Bancorp..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 39.8% 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. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. First Financial Bancorp. 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
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.51$228.83M$2.4110.58
First Busey$663.36M3.24$113.69M$1.0722.43

In the previous week, First Busey had 4 more articles in the media than First Financial Bancorp.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Busey and 3 mentions for First Financial Bancorp.. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat First Busey's score of 0.26 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Busey
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats First Busey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BUSE vs. The Competition

MetricFirst BuseyBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.18B$2.50B$12.01B$9.02B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.47%5.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio22.4311.5519.9520.04
Price / Sales3.242.6526.0093.27
Price / Cash8.9610.9518.7228.59
Price / Book0.991.232.255.55
Net Income$113.69M$174.52M$990.08M$248.49M
7 Day Performance0.46%1.41%0.55%4.87%
1 Month Performance5.59%5.81%3.39%6.63%
1 Year Performance1.74%26.07%540.31%20.38%

First Busey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUSE
First Busey
4.6932 of 5 stars
$24.00
-1.6%
$27.67
+15.3%
+2.0%$2.18B$663.36M22.431,548
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.6587 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+17.5%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.6927 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+24.4%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5436 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+30.8%$4.94B$2.06B10.593,476News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6876 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+3.5%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325
RNST
Renasant
2.9117 of 5 stars
$35.92
-0.4%
$41.00
+14.1%
+25.8%$3.41B$668.50M10.982,330Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.2124 of 5 stars
$37.82
-0.5%
$41.67
+10.2%
+21.5%$1.46B$564.96M10.901,206
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8585 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+32.9%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1588 of 5 stars
$36.43
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$40.63
+11.5%
+19.7%$5.18B$1.63B13.542,553Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9115 of 5 stars
$31.63
-0.1%
$38.71
+22.4%
+22.9%$3.03B$953.62M20.672,195
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.8521 of 5 stars
$16.24
-0.7%
$18.92
+16.5%
+23.6%$1.72B$699.69M12.121,545Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BUSE) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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