Menu

Markets

Research

News

Learn
Paper trading
AI Chat
Get the app WatchlistsPortfoliosAlerts
Sign in

First Busey Corporation BUSE

Set alert

Price alert · BUSE

All alert types
29.24 USD +0.43 +1.49%

At close · Nov 2

29.24 0.00 0.00%

After hours · Nov 2, 4:00 PM ET

Bid
29.23 × 2
Ask
29.24 × 2
28.97 Day range 29.39
22.17 52-week range 31.58
YTD
+22.91%
1 year
+30.77%
Open
29.13
Prev close
28.81
Mkt cap
2.41B
Vol
953.19K
Avg vol
755.57K
EPS
2.49
P/E
11.74
Div yield
3.61%
More statistics
Low
28.97
High
29.39
Forward P/E
10.96
Beta
0.75
Short ratio
6.40
Inst. own
69.68%
Dividend
1.04
Ex-div date
Oct 22, 2026
Earnings
Jan 26, 2027
50-d avg
29.86
200-d avg
27.93
1y target
31.83

6M chart

Chart tools
Interval
1m5m15m30m

Events in this range
  • Jun 26, 2026Rating: Piper Sandler · Overweight → Overweight
  • Jul 1, 2026Rating: Raymond James · Outperform → Outperform
  • Jul 24, 2026Dividend: 0.26
  • Jul 28, 2026Earnings: 0.69; estimate 0.633; surprise 9%
  • Jul 30, 2026Rating: DA Davidson · Neutral → Neutral
  • Jul 30, 2026Rating: Piper Sandler · Overweight → Overweight
  • Jul 31, 2026Rating: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods · Outperform → Outperform
  • Oct 2, 2026Downgrade: Piper Sandler · Overweight → Neutral
  • Oct 23, 2026Dividend: 0.26
  • Oct 27, 2026Earnings: 0.63; estimate 0.671; surprise -6.11%
Signals (24)
NameDateAgo
MACD: Sell SignalOct 30, 20263 days ago
SMA: BearishOct 28, 20265 days ago
SMA: BearishOct 28, 20265 days ago
SMA: BullishOct 22, 20261 week ago
SMA: BullishOct 20, 20261 week ago
MACD: Buy SignalOct 16, 20262 weeks ago
SMA: BearishOct 6, 20263 weeks ago
SMA: BullishOct 1, 20261 month ago
SMA: BearishSep 30, 20261 month ago
SMA: BearishSep 16, 20261 month ago
MACD: Sell SignalSep 16, 20261 month ago
MACD: Buy SignalSep 15, 20261 month ago
SMA: BullishSep 10, 20261 month ago
SMA: BearishSep 9, 20261 month ago
SMA: BullishSep 2, 20262 months ago
SMA: BearishAug 31, 20262 months ago
MACD: Sell SignalAug 10, 20262 months ago
RSI: OverboughtJul 30, 20263 months ago
MACD: Buy SignalJul 29, 20263 months ago
MACD: Sell SignalJul 7, 20263 months ago

Newest 20 of 24.

Financial health

Altman Z-Score

-0.52 Distress zone

Bankruptcy-risk model: below 1.81 distress, above 2.99 safe.

Piotroski F-Score

4 / 9 Average

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency.

FMP rating

A-4 / 5 overall

  • DCF 4
  • Return on Equity 3
  • Return on Assets 3
  • Debt / Equity 4
  • P/E 3
  • P/B 3

Valuation

P/E 16.0×
FY 2016: 21.7×FY 2017: 20.4×FY 2018: 12.1×FY 2019: 14.6×FY 2020: 11.7×FY 2021: 12.2×FY 2022: 10.7×FY 2023: 11.2×FY 2024: 11.7×FY 2025: 16.0×
FY 2016 5y median 11.7× FY 2025
P/S 2.0×
FY 2016: 4.5×FY 2017: 4.1×FY 2018: 3.2×FY 2019: 3.2×FY 2020: 2.6×FY 2021: 3.5×FY 2022: 2.8×FY 2023: 2.3×FY 2024: 2.0×FY 2025: 2.0×
FY 2016 5y median 2.3× FY 2025
P/B 0.9×
FY 2016: 1.8×FY 2017: 1.4×FY 2018: 1.2×FY 2019: 1.2×FY 2020: 0.9×FY 2021: 1.1×FY 2022: 1.2×FY 2023: 1.1×FY 2024: 1.0×FY 2025: 0.9×
FY 2016 5y median 1.1× FY 2025
P/FCF 12.2×
FY 2016: -36.0×FY 2017: 5.4×FY 2018: 6.3×FY 2019: 20.1×FY 2020: 7.4×FY 2021: 9.6×FY 2022: 8.5×FY 2023: 8.4×FY 2024: 7.8×FY 2025: 12.2×
FY 2016 5y median 8.5× FY 2025
EV/EBITDA 11.2×
FY 2016: 15.0×FY 2017: 13.6×FY 2018: 9.1×FY 2019: 9.2×FY 2020: 6.2×FY 2021: 7.1×FY 2022: 11.0×FY 2023: 6.7×FY 2024: 6.4×FY 2025: 11.2×
FY 2016 5y median 7.1× FY 2025
EV/Sales 2.3×
FY 2016: 5.5×FY 2017: 5.4×FY 2018: 3.6×FY 2019: 3.1×FY 2020: 2.2×FY 2021: 3.0×FY 2022: 4.2×FY 2023: 2.0×FY 2024: 1.7×FY 2025: 2.3×
FY 2016 5y median 2.3× FY 2025
FCF Yield 8.2%
FY 2016: -2.8%FY 2017: 18.7%FY 2018: 15.9%FY 2019: 5.0%FY 2020: 13.5%FY 2021: 10.5%FY 2022: 11.7%FY 2023: 11.9%FY 2024: 12.9%FY 2025: 8.2%
FY 2016 5y median 11.7% FY 2025

Profitability

Gross Margin 63.9%
FY 2016: 93.4%FY 2017: 91.5%FY 2018: 87.0%FY 2019: 83.2%FY 2020: 81.5%FY 2021: 97.0%FY 2022: 91.5%FY 2023: 73.0%FY 2024: 68.4%FY 2025: 63.9%
FY 2016 5y median 73.0% FY 2025
Operating Margin 17.9%
FY 2016: 31.8%FY 2017: 35.0%FY 2018: 35.6%FY 2019: 28.4%FY 2020: 28.8%FY 2021: 36.3%FY 2022: 33.2%FY 2023: 25.6%FY 2024: 23.1%FY 2025: 17.9%
FY 2016 5y median 25.6% FY 2025
Net Margin 13.0%
FY 2016: 20.7%FY 2017: 20.3%FY 2018: 26.3%FY 2019: 21.8%FY 2020: 22.6%FY 2021: 28.6%FY 2022: 26.4%FY 2023: 20.4%FY 2024: 17.2%FY 2025: 13.0%
FY 2016 5y median 20.4% FY 2025
ROE 5.5%
FY 2016: 8.4%FY 2017: 6.7%FY 2018: 9.9%FY 2019: 8.4%FY 2020: 7.9%FY 2021: 9.4%FY 2022: 11.2%FY 2023: 9.6%FY 2024: 8.2%FY 2025: 5.5%
FY 2016 5y median 9.4% FY 2025
ROIC 0.9%
FY 2016: 4.7%FY 2017: 3.6%FY 2018: 6.8%FY 2019: 5.7%FY 2020: 5.4%FY 2021: 5.9%FY 2022: 5.7%FY 2023: 6.2%FY 2024: 5.5%FY 2025: 0.9%
FY 2016 5y median 5.7% FY 2025
ROA 0.7%
FY 2016: 0.9%FY 2017: 0.8%FY 2018: 1.3%FY 2019: 1.1%FY 2020: 1.0%FY 2021: 1.0%FY 2022: 1.0%FY 2023: 1.0%FY 2024: 0.9%FY 2025: 0.7%
FY 2016 5y median 1.0% FY 2025

Growth (YoY)

Revenue 57.6%
FY 2016: 31.3%FY 2017: 28.6%FY 2018: 21.8%FY 2019: 25.7%FY 2020: -5.9%FY 2021: -3.0%FY 2022: 12.7%FY 2023: 23.4%FY 2024: 10.3%FY 2025: 57.6%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Operating Income 21.7%
FY 2016: 28.0%FY 2017: 41.5%FY 2018: 23.9%FY 2019: 0.4%FY 2020: -4.6%FY 2021: 22.3%FY 2022: 3.1%FY 2023: -4.8%FY 2024: -0.4%FY 2025: 21.7%
FY 2016 FY 2025
EPS (diluted) -25.8%
FY 2016: 6.1%FY 2017: 3.6%FY 2018: 38.6%FY 2019: -7.0%FY 2020: -2.1%FY 2021: 20.2%FY 2022: 4.1%FY 2023: -4.8%FY 2024: -9.2%FY 2025: -25.8%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Free Cash Flow 1.1%
FY 2016: -152.1%FY 2017: 897.7%FY 2018: -19.9%FY 2019: -60.7%FY 2020: 111.7%FY 2021: -1.3%FY 2022: 2.4%FY 2023: 1.9%FY 2024: 4.9%FY 2025: 1.1%
FY 2016 FY 2025

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.1×
FY 2016: 0.2×FY 2017: 0.2×FY 2018: 0.1×FY 2019: 0.3×FY 2020: 0.3×FY 2021: 0.4×FY 2022: 0.3×FY 2023: 0.3×FY 2024: 0.2×FY 2025: 0.1×
FY 2016 5y median 0.3× FY 2025
Quick Ratio 0.1×
FY 2016: 0.2×FY 2017: 0.2×FY 2018: 0.1×FY 2019: 0.3×FY 2020: 0.3×FY 2021: 0.4×FY 2022: 0.3×FY 2023: 0.3×FY 2024: 0.2×FY 2025: 0.1×
FY 2016 5y median 0.3× FY 2025
Debt / Equity 0.2×
FY 2016: 0.7×FY 2017: 0.8×FY 2018: 0.4×FY 2019: 0.4×FY 2020: 0.4×FY 2021: 0.5×FY 2022: 0.8×FY 2023: 0.4×FY 2024: 0.3×FY 2025: 0.2×
FY 2016 5y median 0.4× FY 2025
Net Debt / EBITDA 1.4×
FY 2016: 2.8×FY 2017: 3.3×FY 2018: 1.1×FY 2019: -0.3×FY 2020: -1.3×FY 2021: -1.1×FY 2022: 3.7×FY 2023: -1.1×FY 2024: -1.3×FY 2025: 1.4×
FY 2016 5y median -1.1× FY 2025
Interest Coverage 0.6×
FY 2016: 7.5×FY 2017: 5.2×FY 2018: 3.0×FY 2019: 1.9×FY 2020: 2.9×FY 2021: 5.6×FY 2022: 4.4×FY 2023: 1.0×FY 2024: 0.8×FY 2025: 0.6×
FY 2016 5y median 1.0× FY 2025

Dividends

Dividend Yield 4.3%
FY 2016: 2.1%FY 2017: 2.4%FY 2018: 3.2%FY 2019: 3.0%FY 2020: 4.1%FY 2021: 3.4%FY 2022: 3.7%FY 2023: 3.9%FY 2024: 4.1%FY 2025: 4.3%
FY 2016 5y median 3.9% FY 2025
Payout Ratio 67.3%
FY 2016: 45.8%FY 2017: 49.0%FY 2018: 39.4%FY 2019: 43.9%FY 2020: 47.8%FY 2021: 41.1%FY 2022: 39.6%FY 2023: 43.3%FY 2024: 47.6%FY 2025: 67.3%
FY 2016 5y median 43.3% FY 2025

Annual · latest fiscal year ends 2025-12-31