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First Busey Corporation (BUSEP)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Leawood, United States | NasdaqGS
25.87 USD -0.06 (-0.231%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 25.85 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT

The security presents a classic value trap scenario where a massive 7.96% yield masks a lack of genuine investment opportunity. While the recent price action shows a tight consolidation near the $26 mark, the underlying business metrics tell a different story: revenue growth is a staggering 143%, yet Return on Equity sits at a modest 9.4% and Return on Assets is barely 1.1%. This disconnect suggests the market is pricing in significant future distress or regulatory headwinds that current earnings cannot sustain. The 'high yield' is likely a compensation for capital preservation rather than a reward for income generation, especially given the absence of a multi-year price history to confirm stability. For the short term, the stock is range-bound with no clear directional edge, making it unsuitable for aggressive momentum plays. Long-term, the combination of low profitability ratios and a lack of historical price data prevents a confident buy recommendation, leaving the asset in a neutral holding zone.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.006156
AutoTheta0.006262
AutoARIMA0.006335
AutoETS0.006337
MSTL_580.007227

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 78%
H-stat 1.25
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.073
Excess Kurtosis -0.80
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-14
Revenue per Share 8.816
Beta 0.71
Profit Margins 27.57%
Website https://www.busey.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.023687363
Address1 11,440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
All Time High 26.65
All Time Low 24.7
Ask 26.0
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 19,980
Average Daily Volume3 Month 18,183
Average Volume 18,183
Average Volume10Days 19,980
Beta 0.706
Bid 25.49
Bid Size 1
Book Value 28.22
City Leawood
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 25.87
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 25.905
Day Low 25.8501
Display Name First Busey
Dividend Date 1,780,272,000
Dividend Rate 2.06
Dividend Yield 7.95
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 3.281
Enterprise Value 2,561,630,208
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,803,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 25.74556
Fifty Day Average Change 0.12444115
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0048334994
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.3687363
Fifty Two Week High 26.65
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.7799988
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.029268248
Fifty Two Week Low 25.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.87000084
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.034800034
Fifty Two Week Range 25.0 - 26.65
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,747,229,400,000
Float Shares 81,794,571
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,832
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 780,656,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Ir Website http://ir.busey.com/CorporateProfile.aspx?iid=100703
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
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 State POSTPOST
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
Open 25.93
Operating Cashflow 235,724,000
Operating Margins 0.36443
Phone 217 365 4544
Post Market Change -0.020000458
Post Market Change Percent -0.07731139
Post Market Price 25.85
Post Market Time 1,783,973,097
Previous Close 25.93
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.91672575
Profit Margins 0.27571
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.059999466
Regular Market Change Percent -0.23139015
Regular Market Day High 25.905
Regular Market Day Low 25.8501
Regular Market Day Range 25.8501 - 25.905
Regular Market Open 25.93
Regular Market Previous Close 25.93
Regular Market Price 25.87
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 11,975
Return On Assets 0.01148
Return On Equity 0.09373
Revenue Growth 1.434
Revenue Per Share 8.816
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Short 23,358
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 24,541
Short Name First Busey Corporation - Depos
Short Ratio 2.01
Source Interval 15
State KS
Symbol BUSEP
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 0.03895102
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 25.77005
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.09995079
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.003878564
Type Disp Equity
Volume 11,975
Website https://www.busey.com
Zip 66,211