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) Net margin

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First Busey Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 19.4%, up 7.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.0% (fiscal 2025) to 28.6% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Banks Regional industry median of 18.8% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 12.0% (5.13)
FY2024 17.1% (3.23)
FY2023 20.4% (5.99)
FY2022 26.4% (2.24)
FY2021 28.6% 6.04
FY2020 22.6% 0.78
FY2019 21.8% (4.53)
FY2018 26.3% 6.00
FY2017 20.3% (0.39)
FY2016 20.7% (0.25)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 18.8% (3.02)
Jun 2026 21.8% 4.85
Mar 2026 17.0% (3.27)
Dec 2025 20.2% 2.03
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Against its own ten years

Low 12.0% High 28.6%
Ten-year median 21.0%
Current reading's percentile 26

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. compare 25.9%
OFG OFG Bancorp compare 24.7%
BANR Banner Corporation compare 22.8%
NWBI Northwest Bancshares, Inc. compare 20.9%
MBIN Merchants Bancorp compare 19.9%
BUSE First Busey Corporation 19.4%
EFSC Enterprise Financial Services Corporation compare 18.5%
WAFD WaFd, Inc. compare 17.0%
BBAR BBVA Banco Frances S.A. compare 5.57%
Banks Regional industry median 18.8%
Financial sector median 14.3%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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