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$18.00 -0.54 (-2.91%)
Closing price 07/24/2025 04:00 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

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$663.36M3.15$113.69M$1.0721.80
Midland States Bancorp$489.48M0.79$38.04M-$1.01-17.82

First Busey has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Midland States Bancorp's net margin of -2.59%. First Busey's return on equity of 9.76% beat Midland States Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey9.48% 9.76% 1.11%
Midland States Bancorp -2.59%-1.89%-0.16%

First Busey currently has a consensus price target of $27.17, indicating a potential upside of 16.45%. Midland States Bancorp has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Midland States Bancorp.

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

In the previous week, First Busey had 19 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for First Busey and 5 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Midland States Bancorp's score of -0.08 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

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, 5.3% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Midland States Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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 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.

Summary

First Busey beats Midland States Bancorp on 15 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$398.89M$888.86M$12.31B$9.47B
Dividend Yield6.69%3.09%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio-17.8216.9019.0619.95
Price / Sales0.792.2925.92101.76
Price / CashN/A48.9821.8458.97
Price / Book0.641.112.275.90
Net Income$38.04M$54.19M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-2.60%-0.59%0.88%2.12%
1 Month Performance5.26%5.21%4.39%12.46%
1 Year Performance-30.74%10.20%540.85%19.56%

Midland States Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.1968 of 5 stars
$18.00
-2.9%
$20.67
+14.8%
-29.4%$398.89M$489.48M-17.82970News Coverage
Earnings Report
BUSE
First Busey
4.9223 of 5 stars
$24.14
-0.9%
$27.67
+14.6%
-14.7%$2.18B$663.36M11.181,548Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.1577 of 5 stars
$48.09
-0.2%
$50.17
+4.3%
+8.7%$3.38B$1.39B11.931,266Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.6519 of 5 stars
$56.86
-0.1%
$59.50
+4.6%
+10.8%$1.03B$376.01M11.21980Positive News
Dividend Increase
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.6353 of 5 stars
$38.83
-0.1%
$43.83
+12.9%
+1.0%$931.53M$453.67M11.561,198News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.9597 of 5 stars
$34.17
+0.1%
$36.67
+7.3%
-1.2%$708.00M$323.14M10.88920News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3321 of 5 stars
$18.62
-0.3%
$20.67
+11.0%
+0.7%$1.09B$692.36M12.17960News Coverage
Earnings Report
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
4.0843 of 5 stars
$31.55
-0.2%
$35.25
+11.7%
-12.6%$1.12B$620.14M10.021,479Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
STEL
Stellarone
2.4042 of 5 stars
$31.89
+15.0%
$29.00
-9.0%
+17.6%$1.55B$625.45M14.411,025Gap Up
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8294 of 5 stars
$35.78
-0.4%
$40.00
+11.8%
+12.9%$2.68B$1.03B15.162,720News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ASB
Associated Banc
4.6974 of 5 stars
$25.58
-0.9%
$27.22
+6.4%
+9.2%$4.28B$2.39B11.534,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:MSBI) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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