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BUSE vs. FFBC, FRME, HWC, OBK, PPBI, 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), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), 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 Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

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

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 Busey8.32% 8.46% 0.96%
First Financial Bancorp. 18.65%10.44%1.38%

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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. pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Busey currently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.53%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $28.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than First Busey.

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

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 Busey$663.36M3.29$113.69M$1.0722.78
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.47$228.83M$2.4110.32

In the previous week, First Busey and First Busey both had 6 articles in the media. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat First Busey's score of 0.86 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats First Busey on 11 of the 18 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$2.48B$12.11B$9.41B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.52%5.55%4.03%
P/E Ratio22.7811.8719.1519.82
Price / Sales3.292.2526.0498.96
Price / Cash8.9710.8821.6858.27
Price / Book1.001.232.315.65
Net Income$113.69M$174.52M$997.60M$257.91M
7 Day Performance1.71%0.20%0.42%2.09%
1 Month Performance8.41%8.18%4.37%11.13%
1 Year Performance-10.27%12.12%541.75%18.40%

First Busey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUSE
First Busey
4.6157 of 5 stars
$24.37
-0.2%
$27.67
+13.5%
-12.2%$2.18B$663.36M22.781,548Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5627 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
-5.4%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRME
First Merchants
4.7283 of 5 stars
$40.27
-1.2%
$46.40
+15.2%
+2.7%$2.38B$1.07B11.312,120News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8302 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+10.5%$5.23B$2.06B11.063,476Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.4509 of 5 stars
$37.38
-1.5%
$42.20
+12.9%
+4.3%$1.16B$358.20M15.201,010
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.8203 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-19.9%$2.24B$905.41M14.971,325News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.8901 of 5 stars
$39.46
-1.0%
$41.67
+5.6%
-1.4%$1.53B$564.96M11.371,206News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.5203 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.1%
$40.00
+12.4%
+14.7%$2.70B$1.03B15.082,720News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.9731 of 5 stars
$37.78
-1.6%
$40.63
+7.5%
-0.5%$5.46B$1.63B14.042,553News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9574 of 5 stars
$33.33
-1.1%
$38.71
+16.2%
-0.9%$3.22B$953.62M21.782,195Positive News
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.9068 of 5 stars
$16.95
-1.8%
$18.92
+11.6%
+1.7%$1.81B$699.69M12.651,545Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:BUSE) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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