First Busey Corp [NASDAQ: BUSE] surged by $0.34 during the normal trading session on Thursday and reaching a high of $24.445 during the day while it closed the day at $24.38.
First Busey Corp stock has also gained 4.10% of its value over the past 7 days. However, BUSE stock has inclined by 12.25% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 3.44% and gained 2.48% year-on date.
The market cap for BUSE stock reached $2.18 billion, with 90.01 million shares outstanding and 85.61 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 617.54K shares, BUSE reached a trading volume of 364057 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about First Busey Corp [BUSE]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BUSE shares is $26.57 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BUSE stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Piper Sandler have made an estimate for First Busey Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on July 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Hovde Group raised their target price to Market Perform. The new note on the price target was released on June 30, 2025, representing the official price target for First Busey Corp stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.01. Price to Free Cash Flow for BUSE in the course of the last twelve months was 15.82.
BUSE stock trade performance evaluation
First Busey Corp [BUSE] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.10. With this latest performance, BUSE shares gained by 7.45% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 3.44% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 3.44% in the past year of trading.
First Busey Corp [BUSE]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and First Busey Corp [BUSE] shares currently have an operating margin of 12.41%. First Busey Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 8.33%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 0.37%, with Return on Assets sitting at 0.37%.
First Busey Corp [BUSE]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $61.20%, or 65.12% of BUSE stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BUSE stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 4.75 million shares, which is approximately 8.3425%. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, holding 3.33 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$80.5 million in BUSE stocks shares; and DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, currently with $$72.63 million in BUSE stock with ownership which is approximately 5.2708%.
