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Nicolet Bankshares (NIC) Competitors

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$133.25 +0.32 (+0.24%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$133.50 +0.25 (+0.19%)
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NIC vs. BUSE, CTBI, FFBC, FRME, MBWM, OBK, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, and WSBC

Should you be buying Nicolet Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nicolet Bankshares include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Origin Bancorp (OBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Nicolet Bankshares vs. Its Competitors

Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

Nicolet Bankshares has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% 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 21 more articles in the media than Nicolet Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for First Busey and 7 mentions for Nicolet Bankshares. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Nicolet Bankshares' score of 0.20 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nicolet Bankshares
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Busey
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Nicolet Bankshares 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Nicolet Bankshares has a net margin of 25.12% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity of 11.53% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nicolet Bankshares25.12% 11.53% 1.53%
First Busey 9.48%9.76%1.11%

Nicolet Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Nicolet Bankshares pays out 14.7% 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. Nicolet Bankshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Nicolet Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Busey. Nicolet Bankshares 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
Nicolet Bankshares$520.63M3.86$124.06M$8.7115.30
First Busey$663.36M3.13$113.69M$1.1220.73

Nicolet Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $145.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.07%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.00%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Nicolet Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nicolet Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

First Busey beats Nicolet Bankshares on 11 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 NYSE 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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NIC vs. The Competition

MetricNicolet BanksharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.01B$872.17M$12.29B$21.19B
Dividend Yield0.96%3.16%5.55%3.59%
P/E Ratio15.3016.6719.0628.45
Price / Sales3.862.2226.1573.06
Price / Cash14.7648.5821.6623.19
Price / Book1.731.112.204.68
Net Income$124.06M$54.19M$998.80M$995.03M
7 Day Performance-4.81%-0.83%0.59%1.65%
1 Month Performance6.62%2.81%3.33%4.44%
1 Year Performance28.56%9.22%541.98%9.99%

Nicolet Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
1.7619 of 5 stars
$133.25
+0.2%
$145.33
+9.1%
+28.6%$2.01B$520.63M15.30860Insider Trade
BUSE
First Busey
4.901 of 5 stars
$24.14
-0.9%
$27.67
+14.6%
-18.3%$2.18B$663.36M22.561,548Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.6196 of 5 stars
$56.86
-0.1%
$59.50
+4.6%
+6.9%$1.03B$376.01M11.19980Positive News
Dividend Increase
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4536 of 5 stars
$24.59
-1.1%
$28.75
+16.9%
-11.5%$2.38B$1.62B9.352,090Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
FRME
First Merchants
4.7362 of 5 stars
$40.90
+0.7%
$46.40
+13.4%
-3.7%$2.37B$1.07B11.492,120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.0321 of 5 stars
$48.75
+0.3%
$52.83
+8.4%
-5.4%$788.71M$361.89M10.08670Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.4218 of 5 stars
$37.87
-0.7%
$42.20
+11.4%
+6.8%$1.19B$358.20M15.391,010News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.068 of 5 stars
$38.96
-0.4%
$42.00
+7.8%
-17.4%$1.50B$564.96M11.231,206Trending News
Earnings Report
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7511 of 5 stars
$35.78
-0.4%
$40.00
+11.8%
+5.9%$2.69B$1.03B15.162,720News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8927 of 5 stars
$37.15
-0.4%
$40.63
+9.4%
-7.9%$5.30B$1.07B13.812,553News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9509 of 5 stars
$32.67
-0.5%
$38.71
+18.5%
-2.6%$3.14B$953.62M13.572,195Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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