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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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

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 4.3%. 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 increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Enterprise Financial Services$920.75M2.22$185.27M$5.2710.51
First Busey$663.36M3.15$113.69M$1.1220.96

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Enterprise Financial Services21.28% 11.19% 1.29%
First Busey 9.48%8.76%1.04%

Enterprise Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.39%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.41%. Given Enterprise Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Enterprise Financial Services is more favorable than First Busey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Enterprise Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Enterprise Financial Services had 3 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services and 4 mentions for First Busey. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Enterprise Financial Services' score of 0.94 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Enterprise Financial Services
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Busey
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Enterprise Financial Services beats First Busey on 13 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

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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EFSC vs. The Competition

MetricEnterprise Financial ServicesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.05B$2.47B$12.75B$10.81B
Dividend Yield2.24%3.66%5.54%4.81%
P/E Ratio10.5110.3022.4230.95
Price / Sales2.222.2130.04133.69
Price / Cash10.2210.7322.5761.86
Price / Book1.171.202.206.61
Net Income$185.27M$174.54M$1.02B$277.10M
7 Day Performance4.24%4.59%1.62%2.57%
1 Month Performance-5.54%-0.51%0.33%3.79%
1 Year Performance7.16%9.52%538.12%33.01%

Enterprise Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.7075 of 5 stars
$55.37
+1.8%
$65.00
+17.4%
+4.3%$2.05B$920.75M10.511,256Upcoming Earnings
BUSE
First Busey
4.7435 of 5 stars
$22.79
+1.5%
$27.33
+19.9%
-4.4%$2.00B$663.36M20.351,548Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.2877 of 5 stars
$47.47
+2.4%
$50.17
+5.7%
+3.0%$3.20B$1.39B11.471,266News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8816 of 5 stars
$24.93
+2.2%
$29.83
+19.7%
-5.3%$2.34B$1.62B9.972,090Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FRME
First Merchants
4.9779 of 5 stars
$36.71
+1.5%
$48.00
+30.8%
+3.5%$2.09B$1.07B9.512,120Trending News
Earnings Report
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.7563 of 5 stars
$60.49
+2.5%
$70.00
+15.7%
+7.6%$5.00B$2.06B11.143,476Dividend Announcement
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.7566 of 5 stars
$42.26
+1.4%
$47.60
+12.6%
-1.6%$1.36B$531.04M12.431,201Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.0452 of 5 stars
$33.18
+2.2%
$41.00
+23.6%
+2.4%$2.44B$1.03B14.432,720News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.6321 of 5 stars
$53.00
+2.7%
$66.25
+25.0%
+4.5%$2.89B$1.40B11.622,309Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6727 of 5 stars
$15.63
+2.4%
$18.64
+19.3%
+7.5%$5.48B$2.57B12.214,280
SSB
SouthState Bank
4.5898 of 5 stars
$96.24
+2.5%
$117.08
+21.7%
N/A$9.50B$2.44B14.344,986Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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