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First Busey Corporation (BUSE)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Leawood, United States | NasdaqGS
29.27 USD +0.07 (0.240%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:01 a.m. EDT

First Busey presents a compelling case for income investors seeking a yield above inflation, supported by a healthy payout ratio and a recent price rebound that has restored some technical momentum. The stock has recovered significantly from its multi-year lows, trading near its 52-week highs, which suggests the market is re-rating the business positively. However, the long-term trajectory remains mixed; while the cumulative return over the last nine years is positive, the company has suffered from five years of inconsistent annual performance, including a recent decline. This volatility in earnings power prevents a top-tier 'buy and hold' rating, capping the long-term potential despite the attractive valuation metrics like a low P/E and solid book value. For the short term, the recent upward trend and oversold conditions in the options market (heavy put protection) suggest a potential bounce, but the lack of aggressive call buying limits the upside explosion potential. It is a solid core holding for yield, but not a high-conviction growth play.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.043644
AutoARIMA0.044091
AutoETS0.044091
AutoTheta0.044183

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 34.06
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.243
Excess Kurtosis -0.96
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-23
Last Dividend Date 2026-04-23
Revenue per Share 8.816
Market Cap 2,475,573,504
Trailing P/E 12.05
Forward P/E 10.80
Beta 0.71
Profit Margins 27.57%
Website https://www.busey.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (25 strike) for the November expiration, suggesting a fear of a significant drop below current levels. Conversely, call activity is sparse and concentrated near the money, with minimal speculative volume in strikes further away, indicating a lack of aggressive bullish momentum despite the recent price recovery.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.99% 4.14% 4.25% 4.13%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-24 0.26 0.993125
2026-01-23 0.26 1.056481
2025-10-24 0.25 1.064736
2025-07-18 0.25 1.025851
2025-04-17 0.25 1.252505
2025-01-24 0.25 1.092657
2024-10-18 0.24 0.923077
2024-07-19 0.24 0.889218
2024-04-18 0.24 1.097896
2024-01-18 0.24 1.040312
2023-10-19 0.24 1.241593
2023-07-20 0.24 1.075269
2023-04-20 0.24 1.263158
2023-01-19 0.24 1.004604
2022-10-20 0.23 0.987124
2022-07-21 0.23 0.948063
2022-04-21 0.23 0.946502
2022-01-20 0.23 0.835149
2021-10-21 0.23 0.881226
2021-07-22 0.23 1.018601
2021-04-22 0.23 0.939543
2021-01-21 0.23 1.008330
2020-10-22 0.22 1.184069
2020-07-23 0.22 1.238042
2020-04-23 0.22 1.359703
2020-01-23 0.22 0.815419
2019-10-17 0.21 0.841683
2019-07-18 0.21 0.811124
2019-04-17 0.21 0.815851
2019-01-24 0.21 0.813008
2018-10-18 0.20 0.687758
2018-07-19 0.20 0.619003
2018-04-19 0.20 0.658762
2018-01-25 0.20 0.630716
2017-10-19 0.18 0.561798
2017-07-19 0.18 0.627834
2017-04-19 0.18 0.628272
2017-01-25 0.18 0.586510
2016-10-19 0.17 0.739130
2016-07-20 0.17 0.755892
2016-04-20 0.17 0.807217
2016-01-20 0.17 0.892857
2015-10-21 0.17 0.860759
2015-07-22 0.15 0.754148
2015-04-22 0.15 0.763359
2015-01-21 0.15 0.829187
2014-10-15 0.15 0.857633
2014-07-16 0.15 0.891266
2014-04-15 0.15 0.880282
2014-01-22 0.12 0.679117
2013-10-23 0.12 0.763359
2013-07-17 0.12 0.824742
2013-04-17 0.12 0.936768
2012-12-20 0.24 1.646091
2012-10-17 0.12 0.838574
2012-07-18 0.12 0.816327
2012-04-18 0.12 0.881057
2012-01-18 0.12 0.767754
2011-10-19 0.12 0.816327
2011-07-20 0.12 0.767754
2011-04-19 0.12 0.772201
2011-01-19 0.12 0.852878
2010-10-22 0.12 0.858369
2010-07-23 0.12 0.852878
2010-04-23 0.12 0.753296
2010-01-29 0.12 1.126761
2009-10-23 0.12 0.932401
2009-07-17 0.24 1.271860
2009-04-24 0.24 0.980392
2009-01-23 0.60 1.731602
2008-10-17 0.60 1.159420
2008-07-18 0.60 1.398601
2008-04-18 0.60 0.980873
2008-01-17 0.60 1.121076
2007-10-19 0.54 0.878906
2007-07-13 0.54 0.911854
2007-04-13 0.54 0.889328
2007-01-19 0.69 0.974576
2006-10-13 0.48 0.678541
2006-07-14 0.48 0.808898
2006-04-13 0.48 0.780869
2006-01-12 0.48 0.777832
2005-10-14 0.42 0.749064
2005-07-15 0.42 0.727273
2005-04-15 0.42 0.767123
2005-01-13 0.42 0.699301
2004-10-15 0.39 0.695559
2004-07-16 0.38 0.677120
2004-04-16 0.38 0.691412
2004-01-15 0.38 0.701625
2003-10-17 0.34 0.638858
2003-07-11 0.34 0.657640
2003-04-11 0.34 0.723712
2003-01-16 0.34 0.717602
2002-10-10 0.30 0.667557
2002-07-12 0.30 0.706880
2002-04-12 0.30 0.688705
2002-01-17 0.30 0.730994
2001-10-12 0.26 0.671835
2001-07-13 0.26 0.593336
2001-04-12 0.26 0.642292
2001-01-19 0.26 0.652038
2000-10-13 0.24 0.659794
2000-07-14 0.24 0.623377
2000-04-14 0.24 0.596273
2000-01-13 0.24 0.558140
1999-10-15 0.22 0.501425
1999-07-16 0.20 0.426667
1999-04-16 0.20 0.533333
1999-01-14 0.20 0.555556
1998-10-16 0.20 0.526316
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.04
dividendYield 3.55
exDividendDate 2026-04-24
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.01
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.03458904
lastDividendValue 0.26
lastDividendDate 2026-04-24
dividendDate 2026-05-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.2360642
Address1 11,440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
All Time High 72.21
All Time Low 9.0
Ask 37.5
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 873,600
Average Daily Volume3 Month 726,072
Average Volume 726,072
Average Volume10Days 873,600
Beta 0.706
Bid 20.97
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 6
Book Value 28.22
City Leawood
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 29.27
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 29.365
Day Low 29.08
Display Name First Busey
Dividend Date 1,777,593,600
Dividend Rate 1.04
Dividend Yield 3.55
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,268,800
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 3.65
Enterprise Value 2,849,192,448
Eps Current Year 2.62571
Eps Forward 2.71
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.43
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,776,988,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 27.7714
Fifty Day Average Change 1.4986
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.05396199
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.606419
Fifty Two Week High 30.52
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.25
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04095675
Fifty Two Week Low 21.63
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.6400013
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3532132
Fifty Two Week Range 21.63 - 30.52
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 907,680,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.06
Float Shares 81,794,571
Forward Eps 2.71
Forward P E 10.800738
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,832
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 780,656,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04068
Held Percent Institutions 0.66386
Implied Shares Outstanding 84,577,160
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Ir Website http://ir.busey.com/CorporateProfile.aspx?iid=100703
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,776,988,800
Last Dividend Value 0.26
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,441,670,400
Last Split Factor 1:3
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name First Busey Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,475,573,504
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_372741
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 200,768,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,475,573,473
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 29.29
Operating Cashflow 235,724,000
Operating Margins 0.36443
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.4156
Peg Ratio 1.91
Phone 217 365 4544
Pre Market Change -0.1400013
Pre Market Change Percent -0.47830987
Pre Market Price 29.13
Pre Market Time 1,784,016,468
Previous Close 29.2
Price Eps Current Year 11.147461
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.0372077
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.1711452
Profit Margins 0.27571
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.28571
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0699997
Regular Market Change Percent 0.239725
Regular Market Day High 29.365
Regular Market Day Low 29.08
Regular Market Day Range 29.08 - 29.365
Regular Market Open 29.29
Regular Market Previous Close 29.2
Regular Market Price 29.27
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 729,794
Return On Assets 0.01148
Return On Equity 0.09373
Revenue Growth 1.434
Revenue Per Share 8.816
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 84,577,160
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0444
Shares Short 3,758,428
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,469,889
Short Name First Busey Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.045900002
Short Ratio 4.03
Source Interval 15
State KS
Symbol BUSE
Target High Price 32.0
Target Low Price 27.0
Target Mean Price 30.57143
Target Median Price 32.0
Total Cash 328,776,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.887
Total Debt 702,395,008
Total Revenue 780,656,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.01
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.03458904
Trailing Eps 2.43
Trailing P E 12.045267
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 25.3881
Two Hundred Day Average Change 3.8819008
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.15290238
Type Disp Equity
Volume 729,794
Website https://www.busey.com
Zip 66,211