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.

Revenue
−4.46%
EPS
+6.90%
Free cash flow
+29.8%
Total debt
−3.56%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

28.70 0.67 −2.28%
Market cap
$2.3B
P/E
11.7×
Fwd P/E
11.5×
Dividend yield
3.62%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) Gross margin

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First Busey Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 72.4%, up 3.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (68.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 68.9% (fiscal 2025) to 96.6% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Banks Regional industry median of 69.8% and in line with the Financial sector median of 70.1%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 68.9% (0.75)
FY2024 69.7% (3.73)
FY2023 73.4% (19.07)
FY2022 92.5% (1.00)
FY2021 93.5% 3.30
FY2020 90.2% 4.79
FY2019 85.4% (2.73)
FY2018 88.1% (5.09)
FY2017 93.2% (2.52)
FY2016 95.7% (0.86)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 70.9% (2.30)
Jun 2026 73.2% (0.09)
Mar 2026 73.3% 1.20
Dec 2025 72.1% 3.37
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 68.9% High 96.6%
Ten-year median 90.2%
Current reading's percentile 26

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
OFG OFG Bancorp compare 81.7%
BANR Banner Corporation compare 77.3%
EFSC Enterprise Financial Services Corporation compare 75.2%
NWBI Northwest Bancshares, Inc. compare 75.1%
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. compare 73.0%
BUSE First Busey Corporation 72.4%
WAFD WaFd, Inc. compare 57.5%
BBAR BBVA Banco Frances S.A. compare 56.7%
MBIN Merchants Bancorp compare 54.7%
Banks Regional industry median 69.8%
Financial sector median 70.1%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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