BUSE vs. UMBF, FNB, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, TCBI, FULT, CATY, CBU, and FIBK
Should you be buying First Busey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Busey include UMB Financial (UMBF), F.N.B. (FNB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Fulton Financial (FULT), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Community Bank System (CBU), and First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Busey vs.
UMB Financial (NASDAQ:UMBF) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
UMB Financial has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of UMB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of UMB Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UMB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. First Busey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UMB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Busey has a net margin of 17.14% compared to UMB Financial's net margin of 15.76%. UMB Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat First Busey's return on equity.
UMB Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. UMB Financial pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. UMB Financial has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years.
First Busey received 105 more outperform votes than UMB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.23% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote while only 46.59% of users gave UMB Financial an outperform vote.
UMB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $128.71, suggesting a potential upside of 25.75%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.41%. Given First Busey's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than UMB Financial.
In the previous week, UMB Financial had 3 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for UMB Financial and 6 mentions for First Busey. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat UMB Financial's score of 0.59 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
UMB Financial beats First Busey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BUSE) was last updated on 3/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
