How to buy First Busey stock (BUSE)

First Busey is a banks - regional business based in the US. First Busey shares (BUSE) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $24.14 – a decrease of 7.97% over the previous week. First Busey employs 1,510 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $446.4 million.

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First Busey stock price (NASDAQ: BUSE)

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First Busey shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$24.14
52-week range	$21.18 - $28.71
50-day moving average more info button	$25.97
200-day moving average more info button	$24.77
Wall St. target price	$30.00
PE ratio more info button	12.4513
Dividend yield more info button	$0.96 (3.73%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.95

Is it a good time to buy First Busey stock?

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First Busey price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $24.06 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-8.27%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-10.39%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-10.62%
6 months (2024-06-21)	7.03%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-3.84%
2 years (2022-12-21)	4.68%
3 years (2021-12-21)	2.55%
5 years (2019-12-20)	6.38%

Is First Busey stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing First Busey stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of First Busey's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

First Busey's P/E ratio

First Busey's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, First Busey shares trade at around 12x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

First Busey's PEG ratio

First Busey's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.05. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into First Busey's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

First Busey financials

Revenue TTM	$446.4 million
Operating margin TTM	39.4%
Gross profit TTM	$445.6 million
Return on assets TTM	0.92%
Return on equity TTM	8.59%
Profit margin	24.94%
Book value	$24.67
Market Capitalization more info button	$1.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

First Busey share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 47.29% of net profits

Recently First Busey has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), First Busey shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In First Busey's case, that would currently equate to about $0.96 per share.

While First Busey's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that First Busey may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

First Busey's most recent dividend payout was on 24 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 17 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have First Busey's shares ever split?

First Busey's shares were split on a 1:3 basis on 7 September 2015 . So if you had owned 3 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your First Busey shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 200% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for First Busey shares which in turn could have impacted First Busey's share price.

First Busey share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, First Busey's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.1752 up to $28.7052. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while First Busey's is 0.832. This would suggest that First Busey's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

First Busey overview

First Busey Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Busey Bank that engages in the provision of retail and commercial banking products and services to individual, corporate, institutional, and governmental customers in the United States. It operates through three segments: Banking, Wealth Management, and FirsTech. The Banking segment provides banking services to individual customers, such as demand and savings deposits, money transfers, safe deposit services, individual retirement accounts and other fiduciary services, automated teller machines, and technology-based networks, as well as loan products, including residential real estate, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans. This segment also offers banking services to corporate customers, including commercial, commercial real estate, real estate construction, and agricultural loans, as well as cash management services. The Wealth Management segment offers a range of investment and asset management, investment, brokerage, investment strategy consulting, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, business succession planning, and employee retirement plan services to individuals, businesses, and foundations; and professional farm management services to the agricultural industry. The FirsTech segment provides payment technology solutions comprising online, mobile, and voice-recognition bill payments; money management and credit card networks; direct debit services; lockbox remittance processing for payments made by mail; and walk-in payments, as well as tools to help clients with billing, reconciliation, bill reminders, and treasury services. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of First Busey is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 7.062% of First Busey shares are held by insiders and 58.781% by institutions. How many people work for First Busey?
Latest data suggests 1,510 work at First Busey. When does the fiscal year end for First Busey?
First Busey's fiscal year ends in December. Where is First Busey based?
First Busey's address is: 100 West University Avenue, Champaign, IL, United States, 61820 What is First Busey's ISIN number?
First Busey's international securities identification number is: US3193832041 What is First Busey's CUSIP number?
First Busey's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 319383105