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First Busey Corporation
BUSE Financial Banks Regional
First Busey Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, up 57.4% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 8.06%, EPS grew 30.2%, free cash flow fell 15.0% and total debt fell 3.56%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 17.68 | 27.33 | 23.13 | 23.44 | 11.00 | 20.58 | 21.66 | 16.26 | 21.68 | 18.40 |
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| High | 31.01 | 32.88 | 33.25 | 28.00 | 27.76 | 28.60 | 29.73 | 25.80 | 28.97 | 25.62 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 1,295 | 1,347 | 1,270 | 1,531 | 1,389 | 1,499 | 1,544 | 1,479 | 1,548 | 1,948 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.54 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 240 | 309 | 376 | 473 | 445 | 432 | 487 | 602 | 663 | 1,044 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 95.74 | 93.22 | 88.13 | 85.40 | 90.19 | 93.49 | 92.49 | 73.42 | 69.69 | 68.94 | |||||
| EBT | 76 | 108 | 134 | 134 | 128 | 157 | 162 | 154 | 153 | 187 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 31.83 | 35.01 | 35.62 | 28.44 | 28.82 | 36.33 | 33.23 | 25.58 | 23.11 | 17.88 | |||||
| Net income | 50 | 63 | 99 | 103 | 100 | 123 | 128 | 123 | 114 | 135 | |||||
| Depreciation | 12 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 24 | 46 | 58 | 54 | 35 | 15 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 6.84 | 7.23 | 7.70 | 8.62 | 8.15 | 7.80 | 8.79 | 10.86 | 11.72 | 12.43 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.42 | 1.47 | 2.02 | 1.88 | 1.84 | 2.23 | 2.32 | 2.21 | 2.01 | 1.47 | |||||
| Cash flow | (0.60) | 5.94 | 4.15 | 1.61 | 2.99 | 2.93 | 2.99 | 3.13 | 3.15 | 2.29 | |||||
| Capex | (0.19) | (0.30) | (0.23) | (0.23) | (0.06) | 0.04 | (0.01) | (0.09) | (0.07) | (0.22) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (0.78) | 5.64 | 3.91 | 1.38 | 2.93 | 2.97 | 2.98 | 3.04 | 3.08 | 2.07 | |||||
| Book value | 16.94 | 21.90 | 20.37 | 22.25 | 23.28 | 23.82 | 20.69 | 22.95 | 24.44 | 29.39 | |||||
| Shares, m | 35 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 84 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 21.84 | 20.05 | 12.09 | 14.63 | 11.78 | 12.16 | 10.65 | 11.31 | 11.79 | 18.30 | ||||
| P/S | 4.50 | 4.13 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 2.64 | 3.48 | 2.80 | 2.29 | 2.01 | 1.91 | |||||
| P/B | 1.82 | 1.36 | 1.21 | 1.24 | 0.93 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 1.08 | 0.96 | 0.81 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 4.44 | 3.72 | 3.13 | 2.61 | 1.77 | 2.33 | 3.00 | 1.62 | 1.42 | 1.91 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (38.86) | 4.77 | 6.16 | 16.33 | 4.92 | 6.12 | 8.82 | 5.78 | 5.40 | 11.47 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | (21) | 253 | 203 | 88 | 163 | 162 | 166 | 173 | 178 | 193 | ||||
| Capex | (7) | (13) | (11) | (13) | (3) | 2 | 0 | (5) | (4) | (19) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (27) | 241 | 191 | 76 | 160 | 164 | 165 | 168 | 174 | 174 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (384) | (736) | (651) | (885) | (1,414) | (3,095) | (2,790) | (2,209) | (1,823) | (1,379) | ||||
| Total debt | 151 | 225 | 220 | 254 | 298 | 340 | 324 | 313 | 303 | 291 | |||||
| Net debt | (16) | (128) | (20) | (275) | (390) | (496) | 97 | (407) | (395) | (4) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 594 | 935 | 995 | 1,220 | 1,270 | 1,319 | 1,146 | 1,272 | 1,383 | 2,469 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 1.05 | 0.94 | 1.27 | 1.18 | 0.99 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.83 | ||||
| ROIC | 8.26 | 8.37 | 8.59 | 8.89 | 9.11 | 11.90 | 8.13 | 11.12 | 9.70 | 4.73 | |||||
| ROE | 10.27 | 8.20 | 10.25 | 9.29 | 8.06 | 9.54 | 10.41 | 10.14 | 8.56 | 6.51 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
First Busey Corporation vs peers in Banks Regional (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUBI Customers Bancorp, Inc | $2.5B | 8.8× | 8.7× | +5.90% (above 0%: growing) | +19.77% (above 0%: growing) | −34.56% (below 0%: shrinking) | 60.05% | 0.00% | Compare |
| FBNC First Bancorp | $2.5B | 18.7× | 12.6× | +8.82% (above 0%: growing) | +31.18% (above 0%: growing) | +49.87% (above 0%: growing) | 77.46% | 0.00% | Compare |
| FBK FB Financial Corporation | $2.5B | 11.4× | 11.4× | −1.10% (below 0%: shrinking) | +180.40% (above 0%: growing) | +8.46% (above 0%: growing) | 66.94% | 0.00% | Compare |
| FRME First Merchants Corporation | $2.5B | 12.7× | 10.9× | +14.16% (above 0%: growing) | −28.57% (below 0%: shrinking) | +64.02% (above 0%: growing) | 65.81% | 0.00% | Compare |
| BANR Banner Corporation | $2.5B | 11.1× | 11.1× | +1.33% (above 0%: growing) | +9.92% (above 0%: growing) | −29.43% (below 0%: shrinking) | 77.84% | 0.00% | Compare |
| BUSE First Busey Corporation | $2.4B | 12.2× | 11.2× | −8.06% (below 0%: shrinking) | +30.19% (above 0%: growing) | −15.02% (below 0%: shrinking) | 73.20% | 0.00% | |
| SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | $2.4B | 15.2× | 14.5× | +11.27% (above 0%: growing) | +13.79% (above 0%: growing) | +1.75% (above 0%: growing) | 73.89% | 0.00% | Compare |
| BBT Beacon Financial Corporation | $2.3B | 15.1× | 9.7× | +99.71% (above 0%: growing) | +211.49% (above 0%: growing) | +88.09% (above 0%: growing) | 68.58% | 0.00% | Compare |
| MBIN Merchants Bancorp | $2.3B | 9.8× | 9.1× | −4.26% (below 0%: shrinking) | +146.67% (above 0%: growing) | +267.73% (above 0%: growing) | 53.63% | 0.00% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $2.5B | 12.0× | 11.0× | +7.36% | +25.48% | +29.16% | 67.76% | 0.00% |
First Busey Corporation (BUSE) key facts
- Strength: First Busey Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, up 57.4% from fiscal 2024.
- First Busey Corporation (BUSE) is a Banks Regional company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, BUSE traded at $29.43, a market capitalization of $2.4 billion.
- First Busey Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share, a yield of 3.50%, with a payout ratio of 42.6%.
- Return on equity was 6.51% and debt-to-equity 0.11.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.