FISI vs. BUSE, CTBI, EFSC, FRME, HOPE, IBCP, MBWM, STBA, THFF, and BY
Should you be buying Financial Institutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Financial Institutions include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), S&T Bancorp (STBA), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), and Byline Bancorp (BY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Financial Institutions vs. Its Competitors
Financial Institutions (NASDAQ:FISI) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Financial Institutions. Financial Institutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Busey has a net margin of 8.32% compared to Financial Institutions' net margin of -2.63%. Financial Institutions' return on equity of 12.69% beat First Busey's return on equity.
Financial Institutions presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.18%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.28%. Given Financial Institutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Financial Institutions is more favorable than First Busey.
60.5% of Financial Institutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Financial Institutions 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.
Financial Institutions has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Busey had 9 more articles in the media than Financial Institutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Financial Institutions. Financial Institutions' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat First Busey's score of 0.26 indicating that Financial Institutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Financial Institutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Financial Institutions pays out -165.3% 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. Financial Institutions has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Financial Institutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
First Busey beats Financial Institutions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FISI) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff