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Midland States Bancorp (MSBI) Competitors

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$18.31 -0.16 (-0.87%)
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MSBI vs. BUSE, CATY, CTBI, FMBH, IBCP, OCFC, PEBO, STEL, TOWN, and NIC

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 Nicolet Bankshares (NIC). 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

First Busey currently has a consensus price target of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.93%. Midland States Bancorp has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.87%. Given Midland States Bancorp's higher probable 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 $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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. Midland States Bancorp pays out -166.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Midland States Bancorp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Midland States Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

First Busey has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$663.36M3.28$113.69M$1.1221.80
Midland States Bancorp$489.48M0.81$38.04M-$0.77-23.78

In the previous week, First Busey had 10 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First Busey and 5 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat First Busey's score of 1.41 indicating that Midland States Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Midland States Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

First Busey has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Midland States Bancorp's net margin of -1.50%. First Busey's return on equity of 8.76% beat Midland States Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey9.48% 8.76% 1.04%
Midland States Bancorp -1.50%-1.23%-0.10%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by company 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.

Summary

First Busey beats Midland States Bancorp on 13 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

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MSBI vs. The Competition

MetricMidland States BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$396.68M$957.74M$12.61B$9.77B
Dividend Yield6.95%2.98%5.43%4.49%
P/E Ratio-23.7816.55228.9326.60
Price / Sales0.812.2331.55175.38
Price / CashN/A16.8619.0628.92
Price / Book0.651.132.336.56
Net Income$38.04M$54.21M$1.01B$266.04M
7 Day Performance-1.35%-0.83%-0.22%-0.58%
1 Month Performance10.77%7.36%4.16%6.24%
1 Year Performance-19.13%14.21%541.30%22.21%

Midland States Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.3694 of 5 stars
$18.31
-0.9%
$20.67
+12.9%
-18.9%$396.68M$489.48M-23.78970Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9776 of 5 stars
$23.91
-1.1%
$27.17
+13.6%
-9.1%$2.15B$663.36M21.351,548Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7435 of 5 stars
$49.54
-1.2%
$49.71
+0.4%
+13.0%$3.47B$1.39B11.971,266Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.1296 of 5 stars
$58.10
-0.9%
$64.50
+11.0%
+15.4%$1.06B$376.01M11.44980Positive News
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.6901 of 5 stars
$39.82
-0.8%
$43.33
+8.8%
-0.2%$963.25M$453.67M11.311,198Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.0362 of 5 stars
$32.72
-0.3%
$36.00
+10.0%
-2.4%$679.48M$323.14M10.66920Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
3.9413 of 5 stars
$18.10
-0.8%
$20.67
+14.2%
+1.7%$1.05B$692.36M12.84960Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
4.2231 of 5 stars
$30.53
-1.3%
$35.25
+15.5%
-3.8%$1.10B$620.14M10.461,479Positive News
STEL
Stellarone
1.5801 of 5 stars
$30.77
+11.0%
$31.00
+0.8%
N/A$1.55B$625.45M14.051,025Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7536 of 5 stars
$36.73
-1.3%
$40.67
+10.7%
+5.0%$2.79B$1.03B15.972,720News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
2.4711 of 5 stars
$135.62
-0.4%
$145.33
+7.2%
+39.0%$2.02B$520.63M15.57860News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MSBI) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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