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FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ BUSE
FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ (BUSE) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 3.61% (safety: stretched). FY2025 revenue was $719.6M at a 18.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | Raymond James | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-06-26 | Piper Sandler | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-04-30 | Piper Sandler | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-04-30 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-01-30 | Piper Sandler | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-01-29 | DA Davidson | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSE | FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ | 4/9 | — | 18.6 | +55.7% |
| FHB | FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC. | 6/9 | — | 13 | +8.9% |
| GABC | GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. | 6/9 | — | 15.9 | +37.8% |
| RBCAA | REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ | 5/9 | — | 11.9 | +8.5% |
| UCB | UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC | 6/9 | — | 13 | +11.7% |
| UVSP | UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp | 6/9 | — | 12.8 | +9.6% |
| FMNB | FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP /OH/ | 6/9 | — | 16 | +3.9% |
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About FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/
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.
FAQ
Is BUSE financially healthy?
FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does BUSE pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ pays a dividend yielding about 3.61% with a 67.3% payout ratio, rated “stretched” for safety.
How profitable is BUSE?
In FY2025, FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ had a net margin of 18.8% and a return on equity of 5.5%.
Is BUSE overvalued or undervalued?
FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ trades at about 21.3× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 15.6×–32.0×, median 18.5×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for BUSE?
The average Wall-Street price target for FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ is $30.14, about 3.6% below the recent price, from 7 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is BUSE a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, a P/E of about 18.6×, a dividend yield of 3.61%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.