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CTBI vs. BUSE, FFBC, FMBH, GSBC, MBWM, STBA, THFF, TOWN, UBSI, and UVSP

Should you be buying Community Trust Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Trust Bancorp include First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), S&T Bancorp (STBA), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Community Trust Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

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

Community Trust Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $64.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.51%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.05%. Given First Busey's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Community Trust Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

In the previous week, First Busey had 1 more articles in the media than Community Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat First Busey's score of 0.03 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% 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.

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 11.77% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Community Trust Bancorp23.33% 11.77% 1.47%
First Busey 9.48%8.76%1.04%

Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.12 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 4.2%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Community Trust Bancorp$376.01M2.74$82.81M$5.0811.19
First Busey$663.36M3.16$113.69M$1.1221.03

60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Community Trust Bancorp and First Busey tied by winning 9 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

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CTBI vs. The Competition

MetricCommunity Trust BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.03B$1.98B$12.77B$10.60B
Dividend Yield3.84%2.65%5.51%4.67%
P/E Ratio11.1911.6330.3127.09
Price / Sales2.742.8830.54183.87
Price / Cash11.0312.6319.7231.10
Price / Book1.351.222.306.71
Net Income$82.81M$158.22M$1.02B$276.23M
7 Day Performance1.56%0.41%0.46%3.76%
1 Month Performance-2.65%-1.10%0.87%10.97%
1 Year Performance18.04%16.15%541.52%40.73%

Community Trust Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.2244 of 5 stars
$56.82
+0.7%
$64.50
+13.5%
+16.7%$1.03B$376.01M11.19980Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9071 of 5 stars
$23.17
+0.5%
$27.33
+18.0%
-6.9%$2.06B$663.36M20.691,548
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.7855 of 5 stars
$26.07
+2.3%
$29.80
+14.3%
+7.0%$2.50B$1.62B10.432,090Analyst Forecast
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.7941 of 5 stars
$37.48
+0.9%
$43.33
+15.6%
+0.7%$899.52M$453.67M10.651,198Positive News
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.6605 of 5 stars
$61.23
+0.7%
$60.50
-1.2%
+13.0%$693.61M$226.53M10.431,108Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.2736 of 5 stars
$44.89
+0.5%
$55.25
+23.1%
+9.5%$729.46M$361.89M8.91670
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.5935 of 5 stars
$37.38
+0.5%
$42.00
+12.4%
-5.0%$1.43B$384.51M10.961,206
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.6606 of 5 stars
$54.40
-0.2%
$57.67
+6.0%
+30.9%$644.69M$245.75M10.40880
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.1746 of 5 stars
$34.43
+0.5%
$41.00
+19.1%
+3.9%$2.58B$1.03B14.972,720News Coverage
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.809 of 5 stars
$37.19
+1.3%
$40.50
+8.9%
+4.0%$5.27B$1.63B13.142,553Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.5779 of 5 stars
$29.85
+1.0%
$29.00
-2.8%
+11.8%$859.98M$500.41M10.89970

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This page (NASDAQ:CTBI) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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