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

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$920.75M2.35$185.27M$5.1011.50
First Busey$663.36M3.29$113.69M$1.0722.78

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, First Busey had 4 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat First Busey's score of 0.86 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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.

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 currently has a consensus target price of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.53%. Given First Busey's higher probable 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

Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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 raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Summary

Enterprise Financial Services beats First Busey on 12 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$2.17B$2.48B$12.11B$9.41B
Dividend Yield2.04%3.52%5.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio11.5011.8318.3720.09
Price / Sales2.352.2226.0799.01
Price / Cash10.8310.8821.6858.27
Price / Book1.241.232.315.65
Net Income$185.27M$174.52M$997.60M$257.91M
7 Day Performance2.55%0.20%0.42%2.09%
1 Month Performance11.15%8.18%4.37%11.13%
1 Year Performance24.74%12.12%541.75%18.40%

Enterprise Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.2164 of 5 stars
$58.63
-0.2%
$64.33
+9.7%
+22.4%$2.17B$920.75M11.501,256Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.6157 of 5 stars
$24.00
-1.6%
$27.67
+15.3%
-12.2%$2.18B$663.36M22.431,548Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.1737 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+12.9%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5695 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
-5.4%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRME
First Merchants
4.7277 of 5 stars
$40.27
-1.2%
$46.40
+15.2%
+2.7%$2.38B$1.07B11.312,120News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8302 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+10.5%$5.23B$2.06B11.063,476Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.8203 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-19.9%$2.24B$905.41M14.971,325News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SSB
SouthState
4.6094 of 5 stars
$95.93
-1.0%
$116.27
+21.2%
+7.8%$9.83B$1.88B13.785,030Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.4817 of 5 stars
$42.38
-1.4%
$47.80
+12.8%
-6.8%$1.41B$531.04M12.361,201News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.5203 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.1%
$40.00
+12.4%
+14.7%$2.70B$1.03B15.082,720News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
FNB
F.N.B.
4.3521 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+4.4%$5.61B$2.57B12.324,280Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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