First Busey Corporation

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) Stock Analysis

$30.290

+0.091 (+0.30%)At close

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High
30.460
Open
30.250
VWAP
30.32
Vol
567.00K
Mkt Cap
1.33B
Low
30.200
Amount
17.19M
EV/EBITDA, TTM
5.63

First Busey Corporation is a financial holding company. Its segments include Banking, Wealth Management and FirsTech. Banking segment provides a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers through its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Busey Bank. CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. is also a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of the Company. Wealth Management segment provides a full range of asset management, investment, brokerage, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, and farm management services to individuals, businesses, and foundations. Wealth management services to individuals include trust and estate advisory services and financial planning; businesses include business succession planning and employee retirement plan services, and foundations include investment strategy consulting and fiduciary services. FirsTech segment provides payment technology solutions and also provides additional tools to help clients with billing, reconciliation and others.

www.busey.com

AI analysis of First Busey Corporation (BUSE)

hold

First Busey Corp is currently a hold. The stock is priced at $30.29, with a forward P/E of 10.36, indicating it may be undervalued compared to its earnings potential. However, the RSI is at 43.31, suggesting it is neither overbought nor oversold, and the stock has seen a slight decline of 1.85% over the last 20 days. The main risk is the forecasted 3.1% decline in tangible book value per share for the next year, which could impact profitability.

Analyst Ratings (8)

-7.56% downside
Buy
4 Buy
4 Hold
0 Sell
Current: 30.29
Low
27.00
Average
28.00
High
29.00

DA Davidson

2026-07-30

Price Target

$31

Neutral

Piper Sandler

2026-07-30

Price Target

$35

Overweight

Raymond James

2026-07-01

Price Target

$32

Outperform

Keefe Bruyette

2026-04-30

Price Target

$30

Outperform

Piper Sandler

2026-04-30

Price Target

$30

Overweight

Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for First Busey Corporation (BUSE) is 10.36, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 10.24.

Forward P/E

Fair
5Y Average P/E
10.24
Current P/E
10.36
Overvalued
11.46
Undervalued
9.01

Forward EV/EBITDA

Overvalued
5Y Average EV/EBITDA
1.44
Current EV/EBITDA
5.63
Overvalued
5.31
Undervalued
-2.42

Forward P/S

Overvalued
5Y Average P/S
2.72
Current P/S
3.13
Overvalued
3.11
Undervalued
2.32

Alphio AI Price Scenarios for BUSE

Scenario prices are the last monthly forecast band of the current year. Probabilities are fixed model weights (25 / 50 / 25), not guarantees.

B

Bull

Bull · 25%BUSE

$34.18

Scenario price

B

Base

Base · 50%BUSE

$27.93

Scenario price

B

Bear

Bear · 25%BUSE

$27.33

Scenario price

Events Timeline

2026-07-28 (ET)

17:30:00

Busey Bank Q2 Loan Loss Provision Decreases to $1.532M

2026-07-14 (ET)

17:30:00

First Busey Corporation Chairman to Continue Until 2029

2026-04-28 (ET)

17:10:00

Busey Bank Reports Q1 Adjusted ROAA of 1.42%

2026-01-27 (ET)

17:10:00

Busey Reports Q4 Revenue of $200.2M, Beating Expectations

2026-01-13 (ET)

16:30:00

Dividend Payable on January 30, 2026

News

BUSE FAQ — answered by Alphio AI

First Busey Corporation is a financial holding company. Its segments include Banking, Wealth Management and FirsTech. Banking segment provides a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers through its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Busey Bank. CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. is also a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of the Company. Wealth Management segment provides a full range of asset management, investment, brokerage, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, and farm management services to individuals, businesses, and foundations. Wealth management services to individuals include trust and estate advisory services and financial planning; businesses include business succession planning and employee retirement plan services, and foundations include investment strategy consulting and fiduciary services. FirsTech segment provides payment technology solutions and also provides additional tools to help clients with billing, reconciliation and others. It operates in the Financials sector (STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS industry).

First Busey Corp is currently a hold. The stock is priced at $30.29, with a forward P/E of 10.36, indicating it may be undervalued compared to its earnings potential. However, the RSI is at 43.31, suggesting it is neither overbought nor oversold, and the stock has seen a slight decline of 1.85% over the last 20 days. The main risk is the forecasted 3.1% decline in tangible book value per share for the next year, which could impact profitability.

8 analysts cover BUSE: 4 rate it Buy, 4 Hold and 0 Sell. The average price target is 28.00.

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