BUSE
First Busey Corporation
Financial Services · Banks - Regional · NMS
$27.58
Data: 2026-05-28
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$2.3B
Total market value of the company
11.18
Reasonably valued
10.02
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+143.4%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
27.6%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
9.4%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$28.00
+2% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 7 analysts covering this stock
About First Busey Corporation

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. The company operates through three segments: Banking, Wealth Management, and FirsTech. It offers 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 various loan products, including residential real estate, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans to individual customers; and commercial, commercial real estate, real estate construction, and agricultural loans, as well as cash management services to corporate customers. The company also provides asset management, investment, brokerage, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, and farm management services; trust and estate advisory services and financial planning; succession planning and employee retirement plan; and investment strategy consulting services to individuals, businesses, and foundations. In addition, its payment technology solution offers text-based mobile bill pay; interactive voice response; electronic payment concentration delivered to automated clearing house networks, money management, and credit card networks; walk-in payment processing for customers at retail pay agents; customer service payments made over a telephone; direct debit services; merchant services referral solutions; lockbox remittance processing for customers to make payments by mail; and tools for billing, reconciliation, bill reminders, and treasury services. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.

https://www.busey.com

Country: United States Employees: 1,832 Industry: Banks - Regional
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
FAIL
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% N/A
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

ACCUMULATION
Smart money appears to be building positions quietly
0.650
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0345
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.503
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
15.6%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-31.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
268
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.71
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$27.78
1% below the year high
52W Low
$21.63
28% above the year low
Avg Volume
599,816
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
7.0
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
4.7%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
383.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$2.43
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Quick Ratio
N/A
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
0.0%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
36.4%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
N/A
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$781M
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$201M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
7
Target High
$30.00
Target Median
$28.00
Target Low
$27.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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