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Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC) Competitors

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EFSC vs. BUSE, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HWC, PPBI, SSB, TCBK, TOWN, and FNB

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), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), SouthState (SSB), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

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 companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Busey had 4 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Busey and 3 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Enterprise Financial Services' score of 0.26 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Busey
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Enterprise Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $64.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.51%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.85%. Given First Busey's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Enterprise Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Enterprise Financial Services
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)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Enterprise Financial Services 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 23.5% 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. 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 a net margin of 20.92% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity of 11.14% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Enterprise Financial Services20.92% 11.14% 1.28%
First Busey 8.32%8.46%0.96%

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$920.75M2.29$185.27M$5.1011.21
First Busey$663.36M3.28$113.69M$1.0722.71

Summary

Enterprise Financial Services beats First Busey on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EFSC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$2.11B$2.49B$11.91B$8.95B
Dividend Yield2.10%3.50%5.57%4.04%
P/E Ratio11.2111.9219.9820.11
Price / Sales2.292.2325.37119.84
Price / Cash10.5210.8721.4457.86
Price / Book1.211.242.265.56
Net Income$185.27M$174.52M$990.08M$248.40M
7 Day Performance1.17%0.64%0.22%4.67%
1 Month Performance6.76%5.86%2.88%6.64%
1 Year Performance44.72%25.82%541.16%21.31%

Enterprise Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.7036 of 5 stars
$57.18
+0.3%
$64.33
+12.5%
+46.1%$2.11B$920.75M11.211,256
BUSE
First Busey
4.6975 of 5 stars
$22.89
-1.4%
$27.33
+19.4%
+3.0%$2.08B$663.36M21.391,548Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7583 of 5 stars
$45.53
-0.3%
$50.17
+10.2%
+30.9%$3.20B$1.39B11.501,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5038 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+18.3%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.778 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+25.5%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6142 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+33.5%$4.94B$2.06B10.593,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7139 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+4.5%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325
SSB
SouthState
4.4241 of 5 stars
$92.07
+1.2%
$116.27
+26.3%
+28.2%$9.34B$1.88B13.235,030Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.0364 of 5 stars
$40.49
-1.7%
$47.80
+18.1%
+11.2%$1.35B$531.04M11.801,201
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8947 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+33.8%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.2718 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+17.7%$5.24B$2.57B11.584,280

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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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