EFSC vs. BUSE, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HWC, TCBK, TOWN, WSFS, FNB, and SSB
Should you be buying Enterprise Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Financial Services include First Busey (BUSE), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), WSFS Financial (WSFS), F.N.B. (FNB), and SouthState Bank (SSB).
Enterprise Financial Services vs. Its Competitors
Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 23.5% 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. Enterprise Financial Services has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
In the previous week, First Busey had 1 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Busey and 3 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat First Busey's score of 0.62 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enterprise Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. Enterprise Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.41%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.94%. Given First Busey's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Enterprise Financial Services.
Enterprise Financial Services has a net margin of 21.28% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity of 11.19% beat First Busey's return on equity.
Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% 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.
Summary
Enterprise Financial Services beats First Busey on 13 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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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
