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$56.94 +0.14 (+0.25%)
Closing price 07/18/2025 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

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

In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 7 mentions for First Busey. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat First Busey's score of 0.49 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
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Busey
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Community Trust Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.50%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.53%. Given First Busey's higher possible 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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$5.0811.21
First Busey$475.63M4.59$113.69M$1.0722.78

Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 23.33% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. 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
Community Trust Bancorp23.33% 11.92% 1.49%
First Busey 8.32%8.46%0.96%

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

60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by 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.

Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years and First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Summary

Community Trust Bancorp beats First Busey on 11 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$1.03B$2.02B$12.10B$9.41B
Dividend Yield3.30%2.60%5.56%4.04%
P/E Ratio11.2112.4819.1619.78
Price / Sales2.742.5726.2394.60
Price / Cash11.3812.5921.6358.18
Price / Book1.361.222.315.65
Net Income$82.81M$154.64M$997.60M$257.97M
7 Day Performance4.30%1.41%0.65%3.74%
1 Month Performance13.34%8.79%4.57%11.95%
1 Year Performance16.16%18.08%541.98%19.22%

Community Trust Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.4759 of 5 stars
$56.94
+0.2%
$59.50
+4.5%
+16.2%$1.03B$376.01M11.21980News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BUSE
First Busey
4.5737 of 5 stars
$24.08
-0.8%
$27.67
+14.9%
-9.7%$2.15B$663.36M22.481,548Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4707 of 5 stars
$25.56
-0.7%
$28.75
+12.5%
-4.4%$2.45B$1.62B10.612,090Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.5378 of 5 stars
$39.18
-1.2%
$43.83
+11.9%
+4.4%$939.90M$453.67M11.661,198News Coverage
Positive News
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.626 of 5 stars
$60.84
-1.2%
$59.50
-2.2%
-1.8%$697.69M$224.01M10.861,108News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.3632 of 5 stars
$49.07
-1.7%
$52.83
+7.7%
+1.3%$794.28M$361.89M10.15670Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.9012 of 5 stars
$39.40
-0.9%
$41.67
+5.8%
-5.1%$1.51B$381.33M11.381,206News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.0669 of 5 stars
$56.04
-1.2%
$55.67
-0.7%
+28.8%$664.13M$231.89M12.13880News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7596 of 5 stars
$35.66
-0.8%
$40.00
+12.2%
+15.5%$2.67B$1.03B15.112,720News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.0152 of 5 stars
$37.83
-1.1%
$40.63
+7.4%
+1.0%$5.37B$1.63B14.062,553News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.3175 of 5 stars
$31.97
-1.1%
$29.00
-9.3%
+18.8%$923.15M$500.41M11.97970Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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