Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI) Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.

Is BUSE or CTBI a better dividend stock?

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. First Busey pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years.

Does the media favor BUSE or CTBI?

In the previous week, First Busey had 17 more articles in the media than Community Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for First Busey and 1 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat First Busey's score of 0.77 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Busey	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Community Trust Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate BUSE or CTBI?

First Busey currently has a consensus target price of $27.17, indicating a potential upside of 22.76%. Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Given First Busey's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.

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
Community Trust Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BUSE or CTBI?

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BUSE or CTBI?

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Busey	$663.36M	2.99	$113.69M	$1.12	19.76
Community Trust Bancorp	$376.01M	2.56	$82.81M	$5.08	10.45

Which has more risk & volatility, BUSE or CTBI?

First Busey has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BUSE or CTBI more profitable?

Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 23.33% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 11.92% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Busey	9.48%	9.76%	1.11%
Community Trust Bancorp	23.33%	11.92%	1.49%

Summary

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