At the time of writing, First Busey Corp [BUSE] stock is trading at $24.3, up 1.25%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The BUSE shares have gain 6.18% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.31%, and 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 July 01, 2025, when Piper Sandler initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $30. On October 14, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight. Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Outperform but stick to its price target of $31 on January 31, 2022. Stephens upgraded its rating to a Overweight. DA Davidson downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on February 03, 2020, and downed its price target to $29. In a note dated January 09, 2020, B. Riley FBR upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $27 to $29.
For the past year, the stock price of First Busey Corp fluctuated between $18.40 and $28.97. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $28.25 within the next 12 months. First Busey Corp [NASDAQ: BUSE] shares were valued at $24.3 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 16.26% based on the average BUSE price forecast.
Analyzing the BUSE fundamentals
According to First Busey Corp [NASDAQ:BUSE], the company’s sales were 690.18M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 17.65% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.62% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.0, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.26.
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 23.96 points at the first support level, and at 23.61 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 24.64, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 24.98.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that First Busey Corp [NASDAQ:BUSE] has a current ratio of 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.15, the price to book ratio is 1.00 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.66.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Jensen Karen M, Director, that happened on Jun 13 ’25 when 5000.0 shares were purchased. Director, BRADSHAW STANLEY J completed a deal on Jun 13 ’25 to buy 1000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director CAPLE STEVEN W bought 3300.0 shares on Jun 13 ’25.
