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$54.59 -0.95 (-1.71%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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

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

First Busey presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.47%. Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.41%. 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
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

In the previous week, First Busey had 11 more articles in the media than Community Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat First Busey's score of 1.11 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)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 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

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

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
First Busey$663.36M3.23$113.69M$1.0722.39
Community Trust Bancorp$376.01M2.63$82.81M$4.7911.40

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Community Trust Bancorp has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years.

Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 22.49% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 11.40% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey8.32% 8.46% 0.96%
Community Trust Bancorp 22.49%11.40%1.42%

Summary

Community Trust 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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CTBI vs. The Competition

MetricCommunity Trust BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$988.68M$1.99B$12.08B$9.11B
Dividend Yield3.44%2.63%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.4012.3819.2020.26
Price / Sales2.632.5225.66166.10
Price / Cash10.9112.4121.4557.67
Price / Book1.301.212.285.49
Net Income$82.81M$154.64M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-2.75%-0.67%-0.20%4.79%
1 Month Performance7.99%7.55%3.93%9.59%
1 Year Performance21.58%22.47%539.45%16.41%

Community Trust Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.3996 of 5 stars
$54.59
-1.7%
$57.00
+4.4%
+21.6%$988.68M$376.01M11.40980Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BUSE
First Busey
4.8231 of 5 stars
$24.36
+1.3%
$27.67
+13.6%
-5.9%$2.18B$663.36M22.771,500News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4101 of 5 stars
$25.84
+0.9%
$28.75
+11.3%
+8.3%$2.47B$1.62B10.722,090Analyst Downgrade
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.1945 of 5 stars
$39.69
+0.7%
$43.83
+10.5%
+11.7%$952.04M$453.67M11.811,198
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.4266 of 5 stars
$62.46
+1.0%
$59.50
-4.7%
+5.7%$716.42M$355.26M11.151,108Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.2302 of 5 stars
$49.76
+1.6%
$52.83
+6.2%
+14.0%$808.02M$361.89M10.32670High Trading Volume
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.6803 of 5 stars
$39.84
+1.2%
$41.67
+4.6%
+10.6%$1.53B$381.33M11.481,180Analyst Downgrade
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.096 of 5 stars
$56.94
+1.9%
$55.67
-2.2%
+36.7%$674.80M$231.89M12.32880Analyst Forecast
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7438 of 5 stars
$35.99
+1.6%
$40.00
+11.2%
+19.3%$2.70B$1.03B15.252,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.7905 of 5 stars
$38.41
+0.9%
$40.63
+5.8%
+10.2%$5.46B$1.63B14.282,553Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.0965 of 5 stars
$32.69
+4.4%
$29.00
-11.3%
+30.5%$943.94M$500.41M12.24970Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CTBI) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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