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) Return on invested capital

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First Busey Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.19%, up 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.73%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.73% (fiscal 2025) to 19.8% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Banks Regional industry median of 8.45% and above the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 4.73% (4.97)
FY2024 9.70% (1.42)
FY2023 11.1% 2.99
FY2022 8.13% (3.77)
FY2021 11.9% 2.79
FY2020 9.11% 0.22
FY2019 8.89% 0.30
FY2018 8.59% 0.22
FY2017 8.37% 0.11
FY2016 8.26% (11.49)

Against its own ten years

Low 4.73% High 19.8%
Ten-year median 8.89%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
BBAR BBVA Banco Frances S.A. compare 100.9%
OFG OFG Bancorp compare 14.8%
BANR Banner Corporation compare 8.93%
BUSE First Busey Corporation 8.19%
EFSC Enterprise Financial Services Corporation compare 7.77%
NWBI Northwest Bancshares, Inc. compare 6.34%
MBIN Merchants Bancorp compare 4.72%
WAFD WaFd, Inc. compare 4.31%
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. compare 0.00%
Banks Regional industry median 8.45%
Financial sector median 4.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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