First Busey Corporation (BUSE)Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Leawood, United States | NasdaqGS
26.98 USD
+0.78
(2.977%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 26.96 -0.02 (-0.022%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 5:48 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:12 p.m. EDT
First Busey Corporation (BUSE) shows a stable dividend yield with a consistent payout history, making it an attractive option for income-focused investors. The recent price movement has been relatively flat, with a slight uptick near the end of the observed period. While the short-term price forecast is modestly positive, the long-term fundamentals and dividend stability suggest a 'buy and hold' approach. The options activity hints at a potential for upward momentum, but caution is advised due to mixed signals. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.030241 |
| MSTL | 0.030703 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.031090 |
| AutoETS | 0.031321 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.67 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.429 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.93 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-04-23 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-01-22 |
| Revenue per Share | 7.938 |
| Market Cap | 2,326,416,384 |
| Trailing P/E | 18.35 |
| Forward P/E | 9.93 |
| Beta | 0.71 |
| Profit Margins | 20.28% |
| Website | https://www.busey.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:12 p.m. EDT: Options activity suggests a mixed sentiment. The calls for May 15 show higher open interest and volume on out-of-the-money strikes, indicating potential for upward movement. However, puts for April 17 show elevated implied volatility, suggesting caution or bearish sentiment. The overall options data does not strongly indicate a clear direction, but there's a hint of speculation around potential price increases, especially with the May 15 expiration.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.06% | 4.47% | 4.61% | 4.54% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | 0.26 | 1.056481 |
| 2025-10-24 | 0.25 | 1.075613 |
| 2025-07-18 | 0.25 | 1.047631 |
| 2025-04-17 | 0.25 | 1.292332 |
| 2025-01-24 | 0.25 | 1.141672 |
| 2024-10-18 | 0.24 | 0.975037 |
| 2024-07-19 | 0.24 | 0.947939 |
| 2024-04-18 | 0.24 | 1.180831 |
| 2024-01-18 | 0.24 | 1.131296 |
| 2023-10-19 | 0.24 | 1.364264 |
| 2023-07-20 | 0.24 | 1.196168 |
| 2023-04-20 | 0.24 | 1.420091 |
| 2023-01-19 | 0.24 | 1.143556 |
| 2022-10-20 | 0.23 | 1.134998 |
| 2022-07-21 | 0.23 | 1.100584 |
| 2022-04-21 | 0.23 | 1.109228 |
| 2022-01-20 | 0.23 | 0.987750 |
| 2021-10-21 | 0.23 | 1.050601 |
| 2021-07-22 | 0.23 | 1.225094 |
| 2021-04-22 | 0.23 | 1.141144 |
| 2021-01-21 | 0.23 | 1.235967 |
| 2020-10-22 | 0.22 | 1.465683 |
| 2020-07-23 | 0.22 | 1.551349 |
| 2020-04-23 | 0.22 | 1.725504 |
| 2020-01-23 | 0.22 | 1.049010 |
| 2019-10-17 | 0.21 | 1.091628 |
| 2019-07-18 | 0.21 | 1.060880 |
| 2019-04-17 | 0.21 | 1.075755 |
| 2019-01-24 | 0.21 | 1.080797 |
| 2018-10-18 | 0.20 | 0.921682 |
| 2018-07-19 | 0.20 | 0.835144 |
| 2018-04-19 | 0.20 | 0.894315 |
| 2018-01-25 | 0.20 | 0.861951 |
| 2017-10-19 | 0.18 | 0.772564 |
| 2017-07-19 | 0.18 | 0.868275 |
| 2017-04-19 | 0.18 | 0.874324 |
| 2017-01-25 | 0.18 | 0.821342 |
| 2016-10-19 | 0.17 | 1.041167 |
| 2016-07-20 | 0.17 | 1.072879 |
| 2016-04-20 | 0.17 | 1.154317 |
| 2016-01-20 | 0.17 | 1.287201 |
| 2015-10-21 | 0.17 | 1.251909 |
| 2015-07-22 | 0.15 | 1.106235 |
| 2015-04-22 | 0.15 | 1.128427 |
| 2015-01-21 | 0.15 | 1.235151 |
| 2014-10-15 | 0.15 | 1.287927 |
| 2014-07-16 | 0.15 | 1.349834 |
| 2014-04-15 | 0.15 | 1.344935 |
| 2014-01-22 | 0.12 | 1.046801 |
| 2013-10-23 | 0.12 | 1.184698 |
| 2013-07-17 | 0.12 | 1.289827 |
| 2013-04-17 | 0.12 | 1.477209 |
| 2012-12-20 | 0.24 | 2.619901 |
| 2012-10-17 | 0.12 | 1.356865 |
| 2012-07-18 | 0.12 | 1.331966 |
| 2012-04-18 | 0.12 | 1.449368 |
| 2012-01-18 | 0.12 | 1.273869 |
| 2011-10-19 | 0.12 | 1.365063 |
| 2011-07-20 | 0.12 | 1.293910 |
| 2011-04-19 | 0.12 | 1.311262 |
| 2011-01-19 | 0.12 | 1.459401 |
| 2010-10-22 | 0.12 | 1.480960 |
| 2010-07-23 | 0.12 | 1.484118 |
| 2010-04-23 | 0.12 | 1.322155 |
| 2010-01-29 | 0.12 | 1.992829 |
| 2009-10-23 | 0.12 | 1.668143 |
| 2009-07-17 | 0.24 | 2.296339 |
| 2009-04-24 | 0.24 | 1.792466 |
| 2009-01-23 | 0.60 | 3.197494 |
| 2008-10-17 | 0.60 | 2.178756 |
| 2008-07-18 | 0.60 | 2.658103 |
| 2008-04-18 | 0.60 | 1.891210 |
| 2008-01-17 | 0.60 | 2.182945 |
| 2007-10-19 | 0.54 | 1.729438 |
| 2007-07-13 | 0.54 | 1.809230 |
| 2007-04-13 | 0.54 | 1.780584 |
| 2007-01-19 | 0.69 | 1.968559 |
| 2006-10-13 | 0.48 | 1.384019 |
| 2006-07-14 | 0.48 | 1.661155 |
| 2006-04-13 | 0.48 | 1.616405 |
| 2006-01-12 | 0.48 | 1.622877 |
| 2005-10-14 | 0.42 | 1.574983 |
| 2005-07-15 | 0.42 | 1.540806 |
| 2005-04-15 | 0.42 | 1.637140 |
| 2005-01-13 | 0.42 | 1.503803 |
| 2004-10-15 | 0.39 | 1.506149 |
| 2004-07-16 | 0.38 | 1.476593 |
| 2004-04-16 | 0.38 | 1.517881 |
| 2004-01-15 | 0.38 | 1.551193 |
| 2003-10-17 | 0.34 | 1.422341 |
| 2003-07-11 | 0.34 | 1.473303 |
| 2003-04-11 | 0.34 | 1.632187 |
| 2003-01-16 | 0.34 | 1.630210 |
| 2002-10-10 | 0.30 | 1.527476 |
| 2002-07-12 | 0.30 | 1.628488 |
| 2002-04-12 | 0.30 | 1.597784 |
| 2002-01-17 | 0.30 | 1.707916 |
| 2001-10-12 | 0.26 | 1.581659 |
| 2001-07-13 | 0.26 | 1.406278 |
| 2001-04-12 | 0.26 | 1.531359 |
| 2001-01-19 | 0.26 | 1.564614 |
| 2000-10-13 | 0.24 | 1.593834 |
| 2000-07-14 | 0.24 | 1.515872 |
| 2000-04-14 | 0.24 | 1.458829 |
| 2000-01-13 | 0.24 | 1.373773 |
| 1999-10-15 | 0.22 | 1.241106 |
| 1999-07-16 | 0.20 | 1.061315 |
| 1999-04-16 | 0.20 | 1.332406 |
| 1999-01-14 | 0.20 | 1.395365 |
| 1998-10-16 | 0.20 | 1.329108 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.35646057 |
| Address1 | 11,440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway |
| All Time High | 72.21 |
| All Time Low | 9.0 |
| Ask | 27.03 |
| Ask Size | 5 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.3 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 518,530 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 655,424 |
| Average Volume | 655,424 |
| Average Volume10Days | 518,530 |
| Beta | 0.71 |
| Bid | 26.86 |
| Bid Size | 5 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 28.177 |
| City | Leawood |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 26.98 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 27.195 |
| Day Low | 26.4516 |
| Display Name | First Busey |
| Dividend Date | 1,769,731,200 |
| Dividend Rate | 1.04 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.85 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.269 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 1.162 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,406,400 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.804 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,536,887,552 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.55571 |
| Eps Forward | 2.71571 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.47 |
| 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 | 25.743 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.2369995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.04805188 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 35.646057 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 27.65 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.6700001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.024231467 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 19.55 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 7.4300003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3800512 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 19.55 - 27.65 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 907,680,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 4.04 |
| Float Shares | 83,431,955 |
| Forward Eps | 2.71571 |
| Forward P E | 9.934787 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,880 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Gross Profits | 666,841,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06474 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.64362997 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 86,227,450 |
| 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 | 1,769,126,400 |
| 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 | 2,326,416,384 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_372741 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 125,386,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,304,655,935 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 26.52 |
| Operating Cashflow | 192,571,008 |
| Operating Margins | 0.17586 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.6803 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.91 |
| Phone | 217 365 4544 |
| Post Market Change | -0.021799088 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.08079721 |
| Post Market Price | 26.9582 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,462,488 |
| Previous Close | 26.2 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 10.556753 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.9575185 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.488712 |
| Profit Margins | 0.20284 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.28571 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.779999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.97709 |
| Regular Market Day High | 27.195 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 26.4516 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 26.4516 - 27.195 |
| Regular Market Open | 26.52 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 26.2 |
| Regular Market Price | 26.98 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 629,099 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00897 |
| Return On Equity | 0.07022 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.705 |
| Revenue Per Share | 7.938 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 85,420,902 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0358 |
| Shares Short | 3,060,065 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,130,210 |
| Short Name | First Busey Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0369 |
| Short Ratio | 4.69 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | KS |
| Symbol | BUSE |
| Target High Price | 30.0 |
| Target Low Price | 26.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 28.0 |
| Target Median Price | 28.0 |
| Total Cash | 321,739,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.731 |
| Total Debt | 532,209,984 |
| Total Revenue | 666,841,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.03816794 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.47 |
| Trailing P E | 18.35374 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 24.3017 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.678299 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.11021035 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 629,099 |
| Website | https://www.busey.com |
| Zip | 66,211 |