A share price of First Busey Corp [BUSE] is currently trading at $22.39, up 1.04%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The BUSE shares have gain 1.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.09%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
First Busey Corp [NASDAQ: BUSE] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 14, 2024, when Stephens downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight. Previously, Raymond James upgraded its rating to Outperform on January 31, 2022, and kept the price target unchanged to $31. On April 09, 2020, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight. DA Davidson downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $29 on February 03, 2020. B. Riley FBR upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $29 on January 09, 2020. B. Riley FBR downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on August 21, 2019, and downed its price target to $28. In a note dated July 09, 2019, Stephens downgraded an Equal-Weight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $30 to $29.
First Busey Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $21.20 and $28.97. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $26.5 within the next 12 months. First Busey Corp [NASDAQ: BUSE] shares were valued at $22.39 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.36% based on the average BUSE price forecast.
Analyzing the BUSE fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for First Busey Corp [NASDAQ:BUSE] were 661.95M which represents 4.27% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.76% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.44%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.27%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.2%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.17.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 22.01 points at the first support level, and at 21.64 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 22.70, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 23.02.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for First Busey Corp [NASDAQ:BUSE] is 0.17. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.04, the price to book ratio is 0.92 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.34.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Jensen Karen M, Director, that happened on Mar 14 ’25 when 5500.0 shares were purchased. Director, Jensen Karen M completed a deal on Mar 13 ’25 to buy 4500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director BRADSHAW STANLEY J bought 3000.0 shares on Mar 14 ’25.
