First Busey Corp (BUSEP) stock
BUSEPNasdaqState Commercial BanksFiscal year ends December 31Also trades as BUSE
Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Aug 6, 2026Score 19/307% below fair value
$25.37+0.20 (+0.79%)
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $2.09BP/E 10.5Yield 3.94%
First Busey statistics
91 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Jan 26, 2027 (estimated, after the close)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Aug 17, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Oct 30, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 1.24
- 1.48
- P/OCF Ratio
- 10.45
- 10.35
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 2.29
- 2.94
- EV / FCF
- 8.68
- 8.39
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- 28.3%
- 0.39%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- -2.71%
- 0.00%
- Float
- 79M
- 17M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 4.70%
- 5.87%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 67.6%
- 61.3%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 5M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- 9.77%
- -0.37%
- Days to Cover
- 7.18
- 5.73
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $31.70
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $22.12
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $29.50
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $29.86
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $27.93
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $0.59
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -5.01%
- -0.31%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- -2.21%
- 2.41%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -7.87%
- -3.69%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 8.27%
- 8.56%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 21.1%
- 19.6%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 27.9%
- 28.3%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 38.0%
- 71.2%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 5.65%
- 26.0%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 25.2%
- 82.3%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 916,184
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 818,971
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 818,600
- –
- Relative Volume
- 1.34
- 0.87
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 39.9
- 53.3
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 21.2%
- 24.3%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.63
- 0.63
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 38.0%
- 36.7%
- FCF Margin
- 26.4%
- 33.0%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 9.63%
- 10.6%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 1.24%
- 1.12%
Financial positionIndustry
- Debt / Equity
- 0.04
- 0.20
- Debt / FCF
- 0.46
- 1.83
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 41.4%
- 11.8%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 198.0%
- 23.3%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 116.1%
- 23.1%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- 28.5%
- 29.6%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 16.9%
- 5.82%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -13.7%
- 1.29%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- -4.29%
- 8.21%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.04
- 0.04
- Revenue Per Employee
- $412.50K
- $356.83K
- Profits Per Employee
- $120.69K
- $107.97K
- Employee Count
- 1,914
- 492
- WACC
- 8.00%
- 8.05%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $300.34M
- $70.72M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $570.05M
- $162.18M
- Net Cash Per Share
- $6.90
- $8.22
- Equity (Book Value)
- $2.38B
- $560.97M
- Book Value Per Share
- $28.86
- $28.41
- Tangible Book Value
- $1.91B
- $476.95M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$19.18M
- -$4.13M
- FCF Per Share
- $2.53
- $3.24
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 9.71%
- 7.93%
- FCF Yield
- 8.76%
- 8.73%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.47%
- 2.48%
- Buyback Yield
- 7.28%
- 1.54%
- Shareholder Yield
- 10.8%
- 3.25%
- Dividend Per Share
- $1.00
- $0.93
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 4.17%
- 4.26%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 1
- 2
- Payout Ratio
- 46.8%
- 29.2%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- 51.8%
- 25.8%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Income Tax
- $69.34M
- $14.60M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 23.1%
- 21.1%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $39.64
- $45.40
- Graham Upside
- 37.6%
- 17.8%
- Altman Z-Score
- 0.16
- 0.22
- Piotroski F-Score
- 4
- 6
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Oct 30, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | BUSEP | S&P 500 | Difference | BUSEP per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +0.9% | -0.9% | +1.8 pts | ||
| 3 months | -0.9% | +2.1% | −3.1 pts | ||
| Year to date | +4.6% | +11.7% | −7.1 pts | ||
| 1 year | +7.3% | +12.4% | −5.1 pts |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 15, 2026.
0M BUSEP shares were sold short on Oct 15, 2026, up 92.6% from the previous report. At recent volumes it would take 1.0 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 41.3% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4,477 | +92.6% | 10,287 | 1.0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2,325 | -76.0% | 13,120 | 1.0 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 9,680 | +24.6% | 7,545 | 1.3 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 7,768 | +45.5% | 4,818 | 1.6 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5,337 | -83.1% | 15,627 | 1.0 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 31,520 | -28.4% | 11,067 | 2.9 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 44,011 | -8.2% | 11,295 | 3.9 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 47,955 | +105.3% | 20,699 | 2.3 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 23,358 | -4.8% | 25,878 | 1.0 |
| May 29, 2026 | 24,541 | +32.2% | 16,651 | 1.5 |
| May 15, 2026 | 18,568 | +8.9% | 17,476 | 1.1 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 17,051 | +75.2% | 11,362 | 1.5 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.