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First Busey Corporation (BUSE)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Leawood, United States | NasdaqGS
30.29 USD +0.09 (0.298%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 30.29

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:35 a.m. EDT

First Busey presents a classic value trap scenario where strong fundamentals clash with a deteriorating price trend. The business is objectively healthy, boasting a robust 47% operating margin, nearly 30% profit margins, and a clean balance sheet with a payout ratio well under 50%. However, the market has punished the stock relentlessly, delivering a -6.9% return last year and a cumulative decline over the past decade despite the company's resilience. This disconnect creates a compelling setup for patient capital: the stock trades at a reasonable 12x forward earnings, yet the multi-year downtrend suppresses the long-term rating from a 'buy' to a 'hold'. For the short term, the heavy put open interest acts as a ceiling, capping momentum until the price stabilizes above key resistance. While the dividend yield of 3.4% provides a nice cushion, it is not enough to fully offset the drag of the secular price decline. Investors should view this as a recovery play waiting for a catalyst to break the bearish trend, rather than a momentum vehicle.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.075746
AutoETS0.076282
AutoARIMA0.076920
MSTL0.076948

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 8.66
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.889
Excess Kurtosis -0.35
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-23
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-23
Revenue per Share 8.975
Market Cap 2,501,256,192
Trailing P/E 12.31
Forward P/E 11.11
Beta 0.71
Profit Margins 29.51%
Website https://www.busey.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:35 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 25 and 30) across multiple expirations, creating a significant put wall that suggests a fear of downside volatility. Conversely, call activity is sparse and concentrated at strikes far above the current price (35 and 40), indicating limited speculative appetite for immediate upside. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term protection but compressed for longer-dated calls, reflecting a market expecting range-bound behavior with a bias toward downside risk rather than explosive growth.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.87% 3.99% 4.18% 4.10%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-24 0.26 0.871022
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 3.44
exDividendDate 2026-07-24
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.02
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.033774834
lastDividendValue 0.26
lastDividendDate 2026-07-24
dividendDate 2026-07-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.23230267
Address1 11,440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
All Time High 72.21
All Time Low 9.0
Ask 38.89
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 3
Average Daily Volume10 Day 572,470
Average Daily Volume3 Month 826,680
Average Volume 826,680
Average Volume10Days 572,470
Beta 0.71
Bid 21.92
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 6
Book Value 28.647
City Leawood
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 30.29
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 30.46
Day Low 30.2
Display Name First Busey
Dividend Date 1,785,456,000
Dividend Rate 1.04
Dividend Yield 3.44
Earnings Growth 0.327
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.333
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,131,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,131,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,131,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 2.944
Enterprise Value 2,305,146,112
Eps Current Year 2.69
Eps Forward 2.72571
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.46
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,784,851,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 30.0738
Fifty Day Average Change 0.21620178
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0071890415
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.230267
Fifty Two Week High 31.7
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.4099998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04447949
Fifty Two Week Low 22.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.290001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3768182
Fifty Two Week Range 22.0 - 31.7
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 907,680,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.06
Float Shares 79,558,768
Forward Eps 2.72571
Forward P E 11.112701
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,833
Fullday Change 0.0900002
Fullday Change Percent 0.298014
Fullday Price 30.29
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 782,878,016
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04281
Held Percent Institutions 0.68873
Implied Shares Outstanding 82,576,956
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 1,784,851,200
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 2,501,256,192
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_372741
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 212,104,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,494,236,955
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 30.25
Operating Cashflow 227,696,992
Operating Margins 0.47087002
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.4163
Peg Ratio 1.91
Phone 217 365 4544
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 30.29
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 30.2
Price Eps Current Year 11.260223
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.0573534
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.19495
Profit Margins 0.29507
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0900002
Regular Market Change Percent 0.298014
Regular Market Day High 30.46
Regular Market Day Low 30.2
Regular Market Day Range 30.2 - 30.46
Regular Market Open 30.25
Regular Market Previous Close 30.2
Regular Market Price 30.29
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 566,999
Return On Assets 0.01245
Return On Equity 0.09634
Revenue Growth -0.009
Revenue Per Share 8.975
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 82,576,956
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0434
Shares Short 3,582,081
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 3,660,435
Short Name First Busey Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0448
Short Ratio 4.25
Source Interval 15
State KS
Symbol BUSE
Target High Price 35.0
Target Low Price 31.0
Target Mean Price 33.28571
Target Median Price 34.0
Total Cash 704,849,984
Total Cash Per Share 8.536
Total Debt 508,740,000
Total Revenue 782,878,016
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.02
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.033774834
Trailing Eps 2.46
Trailing P E 12.313008
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.63985
Two Hundred Day Average Change 3.6501503
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.13701843
Type Disp Equity
Volume 566,999
Website https://www.busey.com
Zip 66,211