First Busey Corp [BUSE] stock is trading at $24.41, up 1.24%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The BUSE shares have gain 0.62% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.12%, 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.
First Busey Corp [BUSE] stock has fluctuated between $18.40 and $28.97 over the past year. 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 $24.41 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.73% based on the average BUSE price forecast.
Analyzing the BUSE fundamentals
First Busey Corp [NASDAQ:BUSE] reported sales of 690.18M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 17.65%. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.26.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, First Busey Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.17, the price to book ratio is 1.01 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.76.
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.
