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$60.90 -1.09 (-1.76%)
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SRCE vs. BUSE, CTBI, FFBC, FRME, GSBC, IBOC, OBK, STBA, TOWN, and UBSI

Should you be buying 1st Source stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 1st Source include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), International Bancshares (IBOC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

1st Source vs. Its Competitors

1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 1st Source pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 1st Source has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

In the previous week, First Busey had 18 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for First Busey and 11 mentions for 1st Source. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat 1st Source's score of 0.86 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
1st Source
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Busey
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

1st Source has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% 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.

1st Source currently has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.23%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.17, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. Given 1st Source's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe 1st Source is more favorable than First Busey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
1st Source
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

1st Source has a net margin of 24.02% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. 1st Source's return on equity of 12.10% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
1st Source24.02% 12.10% 1.62%
First Busey 9.48%9.76%1.11%

74.5% of 1st Source shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of 1st Source shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

1st Source has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. 1st Source 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
1st Source$574.21M2.60$132.62M$5.6910.70
First Busey$557.44M3.73$113.69M$1.1220.73

Summary

1st Source beats First Busey on 11 of the 18 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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SRCE vs. The Competition

Metric1st SourceBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.52B$2.41B$12.26B$9.50B
Dividend Yield2.45%3.59%5.54%4.00%
P/E Ratio10.6711.5019.0620.08
Price / Sales2.602.3826.1199.95
Price / Cash10.1510.6321.6358.56
Price / Book1.261.192.205.88
Net Income$132.62M$174.52M$998.02M$258.89M
7 Day Performance-4.17%-1.95%0.58%3.70%
1 Month Performance-1.33%1.72%3.45%11.71%
1 Year Performance-6.98%5.30%536.27%17.98%

1st Source Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SRCE
1st Source
3.5972 of 5 stars
$60.90
-1.8%
$72.00
+18.2%
-2.4%$1.52B$574.21M10.671,205Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
BUSE
First Busey
4.9019 of 5 stars
$24.42
+1.9%
$27.67
+13.3%
-18.0%$2.19B$663.36M22.821,548Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.6203 of 5 stars
$55.38
+1.4%
$57.00
+2.9%
+9.1%$1.00B$256.00M11.56980Positive News
Dividend Increase
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.449 of 5 stars
$25.78
+1.3%
$28.75
+11.5%
-8.1%$2.47B$1.62B10.702,090Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
FRME
First Merchants
4.7794 of 5 stars
$41.73
+1.8%
$46.40
+11.2%
-1.6%$2.43B$633.33M11.722,120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.0821 of 5 stars
$61.61
+2.3%
$59.50
-3.4%
-8.2%$706.54M$224.01M11.001,108Positive News
High Trading Volume
IBOC
International Bancshares
2.8284 of 5 stars
$70.26
+1.3%
N/A+1.5%$4.37B$826.01M10.692,336Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.418 of 5 stars
$37.96
+1.8%
$42.20
+11.2%
+8.4%$1.18B$358.20M15.431,010News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.069 of 5 stars
$39.67
+1.2%
$41.67
+5.0%
-16.0%$1.52B$381.33M11.431,206Trending News
Earnings Report
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7644 of 5 stars
$35.75
+1.0%
$40.00
+11.9%
+7.1%$2.68B$1.03B15.152,720News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8947 of 5 stars
$37.95
+1.0%
$40.63
+7.0%
-5.6%$5.39B$1.63B14.112,553News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:SRCE) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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