BUSE
First Busey Corporation
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY
Financial Services
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Last price
30.30
▲ 0.09 (0.30%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
30.45
Prev close
30.21
Day high
30.53
Day low
30.02
Volume
491.65K
Market cap
$2.50B
P/E (TTM)
12.37
52W range
22.00 – 31.70
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
-2.98%
-1.6%
1M
+2.50%
-1.2%
3M
+12.89%
+9.8%
6M
+14.64%
+3.6%
YTD
+27.36%
+15.1%
1Y
+30.43%
+10.4%
3Y
+47.59%
-26.6%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$2.50B
Enterprise value$2.31B
Revenue (TTM)$782.88M
Gross profit$782.88M
EBITDA—
Net income$212.10M
EPS (TTM)$2.45
Free cash flow—
Total cash$704.85M
Total debt$508.74M
Book value / share$28.65
Shares outstanding82.58M
Float79.56M
Short % of float4.29%
Dividend yield3.43%
Beta (5Y)0.71
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E12.37
Forward P/E11.12
PEG ratio1.91
Price / sales—
Price / book1.06
EV / revenue2.95
EV / EBITDA—
Gross margin0.00%
Operating margin47.09%
Profit margin29.51%
Return on equity9.63%
Return on assets1.24%
Debt / equity—
Current ratio—
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $719.58M | $460.67M | $444.03M | $452.37M |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $125.39M | $113.69M | $122.56M | $128.31M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $125.39M | $113.69M | $122.56M | $128.31M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.64 | 0.69 | +7.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.58 | 0.67 | +15.5% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.62 | 0.68 | +9.2% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.62 | 0.64 | +2.5% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 0.67 | 7 | $195.81M | -0.3% |
| Next quarter | 0.68 | 7 | $196.57M | -1.8% |
| Current year | 2.69 | 7 | $785.31M | +9.1% |
| Next year | 2.73 | 7 | $799.90M | +1.9% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$33.29
High target$35.00
Low target$31.00
Implied upside9.85%
Analyst count7
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy3 / 1
Hold3
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders4.28%
Held by institutions68.86%
Institutions holding364
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
+207.58K
Net buying
Buy transactions
66
218.99K shares
Sell transactions
6
11.41K shares
Net transactions
+72
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.1 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
3.54M
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 26 | CASSENS MICHAEL DAVID Director |
SELL | 1.44K | $44.79K | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | RANDOLPH AMY L Chief Operating Officer |
STOCK | 364 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | CASSENS MICHAEL DAVID Director |
STOCK | 221 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | FAUSS AMY Chief Technology Officer |
STOCK | 468 | $8.20K | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | WEHRLI SCOTT A. Director |
STOCK | 108 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | PHILLIPS SCOTT A Officer |
STOCK | 135 | $1.60K | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | WHITE TIFFANY B Director |
STOCK | 87 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | JORSTAD CHIP S Officer |
STOCK | 475 | $7.92K | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | CHAN CHRISTOPHER H M Chief Financial Officer |
STOCK | 286 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | HAMMOND THOMAS ANTHONY Officer |
STOCK | 105 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | KING STEPHEN V Director |
STOCK | 304 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | JENSEN KAREN M. Director |
STOCK | 212 | $0 | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | BOWE MONICA L Officer |
STOCK | 364 | $2.86K | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | KENNEY FREDERIC L Director |
STOCK | 264 | $0 | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
BARR GEORGE NEIL |
Director | 234.22K | Stock Award(Grant) |
BRADSHAW STANLEY J |
Director | 505.85K | Purchase |
BRENNEMAN RODNEY K |
Director | 169.43K | Stock Award(Grant) |
CASSENS MICHAEL DAVID |
Director | 131.45K | Sale |
DUKEMAN VAN A |
Chief Executive Officer | 549.87K | Stock Award(Grant) |
KENNEY FREDERIC L |
Director | 168.63K | Stock Award(Grant) |
KING STEPHEN V |
Director | 218.29K | Stock Award(Grant) |
LYKINS GREGORY B |
Director | 276.40K | Stock Award(Grant) |
MADDOX MIKE |
President | 257.21K | Stock Award(Grant) |
POWERS JOHN JOSEPH |
General Counsel | 140.19K | Stock Award(Grant) |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
30.83
-1.73% from price
SMA 20
30.87
-1.86% from price
SMA 50
29.89
+1.36% from price
SMA 100
28.26
+7.20% from price
SMA 200
26.46
+14.52% from price
EMA 12
30.70
-1.30% from price
EMA 26
30.49
-0.64% from price
EMA 50
29.83
+1.59% from price
RSI (14)
47.3
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.21
Hist -0.18
ATR (14)
0.44
1.46% of price
Realised vol 30D
18.0%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
31.82
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
29.93
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
29.89 vs 26.46
Trend bias
Above 200
+14.52%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
0.60
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.33
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
18.0%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-11.8%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-42.7%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.44
1.46% of price
Beta (reported)
0.71
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.00
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.03
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
30.00
-1.0% from spot
ATM implied vol
26.8%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-29.9%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
7
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
30.00
126 contracts
Heaviest put OI
30.00
4 contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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