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$18.70 +0.31 (+1.69%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:04 PM Eastern
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MSBI vs. BUSE, CATY, CTBI, FMBH, IBCP, OCFC, PEBO, STEL, TOWN, and ASB

Should you be buying Midland States Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Midland States Bancorp include First Busey (BUSE), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Independent Bank (IBCP), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Stellarone (STEL), Towne Bank (TOWN), and Associated Banc (ASB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Midland States Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp 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
First Busey$663.36M3.29$113.69M$1.0722.77
Midland States Bancorp$489.48M0.82-$13.43M-$1.01-18.51

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Busey had 10 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for First Busey and 6 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Midland States Bancorp's score of -0.27 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Midland States Bancorp
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 has a net margin of 8.32% compared to Midland States Bancorp's net margin of -2.59%. First Busey's return on equity of 8.46% beat Midland States Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey8.32% 8.46% 0.96%
Midland States Bancorp -2.59%-1.81%-0.16%

First Busey presently has a consensus target price of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.57%. Midland States Bancorp has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.08%. Given Midland States Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Midland States Bancorp is more favorable than First Busey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Midland States Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Midland States Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. 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. Midland States Bancorp pays out -122.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Midland States Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Midland States Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

First Busey beats Midland States Bancorp on 14 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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MSBI vs. The Competition

MetricMidland States BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$402.24M$877.18M$12.04B$9.01B
Dividend Yield6.74%3.16%5.57%4.04%
P/E Ratio-18.5119.4020.0720.30
Price / Sales0.822.3225.91103.84
Price / Cash4.1349.0521.5057.47
Price / Book0.591.132.285.68
Net Income-$13.43M$53.76M$1.00B$249.13M
7 Day Performance5.23%4.36%2.21%3.30%
1 Month Performance12.99%8.34%4.45%5.20%
1 Year Performance-16.59%28.16%540.85%21.38%

Midland States Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.312 of 5 stars
$18.70
+1.7%
$21.33
+14.1%
-16.6%$402.24M$489.48M-18.51970
BUSE
First Busey
4.5826 of 5 stars
$22.89
-1.4%
$27.33
+19.4%
+2.7%$2.05B$663.36M21.391,548Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.9307 of 5 stars
$45.53
-0.3%
$50.17
+10.2%
+31.2%$3.19B$742.38M11.501,266News Coverage
Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.5605 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.3%
$57.00
+7.7%
+32.1%$958.38M$376.01M11.05980News Coverage
Positive News
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.6041 of 5 stars
$37.49
-1.9%
$43.83
+16.9%
+22.2%$899.39M$453.67M11.161,198High Trading Volume
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.1601 of 5 stars
$32.41
-0.6%
$36.67
+13.1%
+32.8%$671.57M$216.85M10.32920
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3334 of 5 stars
$17.61
-0.6%
$20.67
+17.4%
+20.8%$1.03B$692.36M11.51960News Coverage
Analyst Revision
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
3.4158 of 5 stars
$30.54
-0.1%
$36.00
+17.9%
+9.2%$1.09B$620.14M9.701,479Analyst Revision
STEL
Stellarone
1.8502 of 5 stars
$28.08
+1.3%
$29.00
+3.3%
+33.4%$1.55B$625.45M12.731,025Gap Up
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8529 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+32.2%$2.56B$1.03B14.482,720
ASB
Associated Banc
4.6755 of 5 stars
$24.40
-0.2%
$26.00
+6.6%
+25.7%$4.05B$1.05B28.374,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MSBI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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