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First Busey Corporation (BUSE) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

BUSE • • Banking & Credit
Financial ServicesRegional BanksCommunity & Regional Retail BankingMidwest Community Banks
AboutFirst Busey Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Busey Bank that provides retail and commercial banking products and services to individual, corporate, institutional, and governmental customers in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Banking, FirsTech, and Wealth Management. It offers customary types of demand and savings deposits; and commercial, agricultural, real estate construction, commercial and residential real estate, and consumer loans, as well as home equity lines of credit. The company also provides money transfer, safe deposit, IRA, and other fiduciary services through banking center, ATM and technology-based networks. In addition, it offers investment management, trust, estate advisory, and financial planning services, as well as business succession and employee retirement planning services; investment strategy consulting and fiduciary services; and security brokerage services. Further, the company provides asset management, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, and professional farm management services; and commercial depository services, such as cash management services. Additionally, it offers payment technology solutions through its payment platform, such as walk-in payment processing for customers at retail pay agents; online bill payment solutions; customer service payments accepted over the telephone; mobile bill pay; direct debit services; electronic concentration of payments delivered to automated clearing house network; money management and credit card networks; and lockbox remittance processing to make payments by mail, as well as provides tools related to billing, reconciliation, bill reminders, and treasury services. The company has 46 banking centers in Illinois; 8 in Missouri; 3 in southwest Florida; and 1 in Indianapolis, Indiana. First Busey Corporation was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.Show more
  • Net Interest Income $322M +0.7%
  • Total Revenue $663M +10.3%
  • Net Income $114M -7.2%
  • Return on Equity 8.56% -15.5%
  • Net Interest Margin 2.67% +2.7%
  • Efficiency Ratio 45.21% -4.5%
  • ROA 0.93% -6.1%
  • Equity / Assets 11.48% +10.9%
  • Book Value per Share 24.04 +6.3%
  • Tangible BV/Share 17.68 +8.3%
  • Debt/Equity 0.34 -17.6%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Efficient operations: 45.2% efficiency ratio
  • ✓Well capitalized: 11.5% equity/assets
  • ✓Healthy dividend yield of 3.8%
  • ✓Trading near 52-week high
  • ✓Trading at only 1.0x book value

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y14.77%
5Y6.99%
3Y15.36%
TTM-

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y13.25%
5Y2%
3Y-2.71%
TTM-7.83%

EPS CAGR

10Y5.96%
5Y1.15%
3Y-3.45%
TTM-22.16%

ROCE

10Y Avg9.67%
5Y Avg8.65%
3Y Avg8.8%
Latest8.28%

Peer Comparison

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Sector-Specific
NameMarket CapCurrent PriceP/E RatioRevenue Growth 1YNet MarginROEFCF YieldDebt/Equity
TFSLTFS Financial Corporation3.97B14.1344.164.37%11.49%4.41%1.15%2.57
ASBAssociated Banc-Corp4.43B26.7037.084.42%5.85%3.62%12.08%0.69
ASBAAssociated Banc-Corp4.11B24.7830.98-6.56%12.92%3.77%13.02%0.17
BANFBancFirst Corporation3.81B114.3017.7512.28%23.81%13.33%5.89%0.05
SYBTStock Yards Bancorp, Inc.2.03B68.8317.6915.84%22.86%12.99%6.56%0.53
PRKPark National Corporation2.63B163.7617.5714.4%23.46%13.22%6.44%0.24
NICNicolet Bankshares, Inc.1.97B133.0816.5324.6%23.88%11.4%5.95%0.14
LKFNLakeland Financial Corporation1.52B59.4716.389.38%21.74%13.06%6.18%

Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Net Interest Income+111.81M154.66M203.37M241.41M287.22M282.94M270.7M323.44M319.45M321.76M
NII Growth %0.1%0.38%0.31%0.19%0.19%-0.01%-0.04%0.19%-0.01%0.01%
Net Interest Margin %----------
Interest Income118.02M164.89M224.3M286.03M356.23M326.6M298.8M359.99M479.37M522.83M
Interest Expense6.21M10.23M20.94M44.63M69.01M43.66M28.1M36.55M159.92M201.07M
Loan Loss Provision1.6M5.55M5.3M4.43M10.41M38.8M-15.1M4.62M2.4M8.59M
Non-Interest Income+64.79M75.17M84.47M89.99M116.42M118.27M132.8M126.61M121.21M139.68M
Non-Interest Income %----------
Total Revenue+182.81M240.06M308.78M376.03M472.65M444.86M431.6M486.6M600.59M662.51M
Revenue Growth %0.09%0.31%0.29%0.22%0.26%-0.06%-0.03%0.13%0.23%0.1%
Non-Interest Expense115.31M147.86M174.43M193.04M258.79M234.2M261.78M283.88M284.36M299.55M
Efficiency Ratio----------
Operating Income+59.7M76.42M108.11M133.93M134.44M128.21M156.82M161.74M153.9M153.3M
Operating Margin %----------
Operating Income Growth %0.19%0.28%0.41%0.24%0%-0.05%0.22%0.03%-0.05%-0%
Pretax Income+59.7M76.42M108.11M133.93M134.44M128.21M156.82M161.74M153.9M153.3M
Pretax Margin %----------
Income Tax+20.7M26.72M45.38M35M31.48M27.86M33.37M33.43M31.34M39.61M
Effective Tax Rate %----------
Net Income+39.01M49.69M62.73M98.93M102.95M100.34M123.45M128.31M122.56M113.69M
Net Margin %----------
Net Income Growth %0.19%0.27%0.26%0.58%0.04%-0.03%0.23%0.04%-0.04%-0.07%
Net Income (Continuing)39.01M49.69M62.73M98.93M102.95M100.34M123.45M128.31M122.56M113.69M
EPS (Diluted)+1.321.401.452.011.871.832.202.292.181.98
EPS Growth %0.19%0.06%0.04%0.39%-0.07%-0.02%0.2%0.04%-0.05%-0.09%
EPS (Basic)1.321.421.472.021.881.842.232.322.212.01
Diluted Shares Outstanding29.1M35.41M43.13M49.22M55.13M54.83M56.01M56.14M56.26M57.54M

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash & Short Term Investments+1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Cash & Due from Banks319.28M166.71M347.63M239.97M529.29M688.54M836.1M227.16M719.58M697.66M
Short Term Investments1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Total Investments+3.47B4.9B6.88B6.86B8.36B9.02B11.12B11.03B10.53B10.27B
Investments Growth %0.11%0.41%0.41%-0%0.22%0.08%0.23%-0.01%-0.04%-0.02%
Long-Term Investments2.64B4.14B6.01B6.16B6.71B6.76B7.14B8.57B8.44B9.04B
Accounts Receivables0000000000
Goodwill & Intangibles+----------
Goodwill25.51M102.81M269.35M267.69M311.54M311.54M317.87M317.87M317.87M333.69M
Intangible Assets7.43M18.46M38.73M32.87M61.59M51.98M58.05M46.42M35.99M32.28M
PP&E (Net)63.09M77.86M116.91M117.67M160.76M142.91M146.68M139.35M133.62M129.43M
Other Assets87.75M144.05M188.35M176.53M276.15M326.43M381.18M579.28M544.66M583.61M
Total Current Assets1.15B925.91M1.23B937.66M2.18B2.95B4.82B2.69B2.81B1.93B
Total Non-Current Assets2.84B4.5B6.64B6.76B7.52B7.59B8.04B9.65B9.48B10.12B
Total Assets+4B5.43B7.86B7.7B9.7B10.54B12.86B12.34B12.28B12.05B
Asset Growth %0.09%0.36%0.45%-0.02%0.26%0.09%0.22%-0.04%-0%-0.02%
Return on Assets (ROA)0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%
Accounts Payable0000000000
Total Debt+307.97M415.02M749.69M405.64M477.42M486.29M638.82M917.7M523.58M469.19M
Net Debt-11.31M248.32M402.06M165.66M-51.86M-202.25M-197.28M690.54M-196M-228.47M
Long-Term Debt135M150.87M225.13M219.84M253.83M298.26M340.41M323.85M312.88M302.54M
Short-Term Debt172.97M264.16M524.57M185.8M214.04M180.27M287.82M580.86M199.4M155.61M
Other Liabilities28.71M41.53M49.98M52.44M95.47M109.84M133.18M201.72M196.7M211.78M
Total Current Liabilities3.46B4.64B6.65B6.44B8.12B8.86B11.06B10.65B10.49B10.14B
Total Non-Current Liabilities163.71M192.4M275.11M272.28M358.86M415.86M484.18M538.56M520.88M525.35M
Total Liabilities3.63B4.85B6.94B6.71B8.51B9.27B11.54B11.19B11.01B10.66B
Total Equity+373.19M594.31M935M994.96M1.22B1.27B1.32B1.15B1.27B1.38B
Equity Growth %-0.14%0.59%0.57%0.06%0.23%0.04%0.04%-0.13%0.11%0.09%
Equity / Assets (Capital Ratio)----------
Return on Equity (ROE)0.1%0.1%0.08%0.1%0.09%0.08%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.09%
Book Value per Share12.8216.7821.6820.2222.1423.1723.5520.4122.6124.04
Tangible BV per Share----------
Common Stock29K39K49K49K56K56K58K58K58K60K
Additional Paid-in Capital591.05M781.72M1.08B1.08B1.25B1.25B1.32B1.32B1.32B1.36B
Retained Earnings-190.26M-163.69M-132.12M-72.17M-14.81M20.83M92.46M168.77M237.2M294.05M
Accumulated OCI2.34M36K-2.81M-6.81M14.96M33.31M-23.76M-273.28M-218.8M-207.04M
Treasury Stock-29.97M-23.79M-15M-6.19M-27.98M-37.49M-66.64M-70.55M-70.07M-64.34M
Preferred Stock0000000000

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+61.51M-20.89M253.36M202.55M88.32M163.17M162.01M165.79M173.39M178.27M
Operating CF Growth %-0.1%-1.34%13.13%-0.2%-0.56%0.85%-0.01%0.02%0.05%0.03%
Net Income39.01M49.69M62.73M98.93M102.95M100.34M123.45M128.31M122.56M113.69M
Depreciation & Amortization8.89M11.73M15.37M16.94M24.14M27.95M28.18M25.65M22.7M20.56M
Deferred Taxes2.98M2.95M14.1M7.12M1.3M-3M10.23M5.06M6.08M1.38M
Other Non-Cash Items12.13M-78.86M156.03M67.13M-36.69M49.62M17.1M55.11M24.45M29M
Working Capital Changes-2.92M-8.22M2.38M8.71M-7.37M-18.87M-24.8M-57.31M-9M5.91M
Cash from Investing+-134.25M149.74M-293.85M-55.35M57.44M-729.54M-829.19M-290.86M550.99M657.9M
Purchase of Investments-251.58M-182.55M-494.36M-342M-409.49M-1.3B-2.31B-294.9M-17.05M-213.03M
Sale/Maturity of Investments1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Net Investment Activity----------
Acquisitions12.11M25.57M26.98M0-61.48M0228.28M0018.38M
Other Investing-117M17.61M-155.81M-39.38M-243.37M-108.92M90.35M-546.63M85.71M312.72M
Cash from Financing+52.58M-281.42M227.06M-260.5M143.56M725.61M814.74M-483.86M-231.96M-858.09M
Dividends Paid-18.62M-22.75M-30.71M-39.01M-45.17M-48.01M-50.76M-50.86M-53.08M-54.17M
Share Repurchases-78.97M000-24.29M-12.27M-33.04M-9.91M-4.48M0
Stock Issued30M000000000
Net Stock Activity----------
Debt Issuance (Net)1000K-1000K1000K-1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K-1000K-1000K
Other Financing120.17M-149.77M138.95M4.01M183.69M745.98M844.2M-738.5M176.65M-736.47M
Net Change in Cash+-20.16M-152.57M186.57M-113.3M289.31M159.25M147.56M-608.93M492.42M-21.92M
Exchange Rate Effect0000000000
Cash at Beginning339.44M319.28M166.71M353.27M239.97M529.29M688.54M836.1M227.16M719.58M
Cash at End319.28M166.71M353.27M239.97M529.29M688.54M836.1M227.16M719.58M697.66M
Interest Paid6.28M9.67M19.34M40.64M70.58M53.6M25.37M35.3M135.48M208.36M
Income Taxes Paid17.17M20.19M26.42M23.18M24.73M22.2M22.49M30.68M25.41M12.91M
Free Cash Flow+57.39M-29.89M238.38M190.93M75.08M158.98M156.97M160.8M163.86M171.84M
FCF Growth %-0.11%-1.52%8.98%-0.2%-0.61%1.12%-0.01%0.02%0.02%0.05%

Banking Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)9.67%10.27%8.2%10.25%9.29%8.06%9.54%10.41%10.14%8.56%
Return on Assets (ROA)1.02%1.05%0.94%1.27%1.18%0.99%1.05%1.02%1%0.93%
Net Interest Margin2.8%2.85%2.59%3.13%2.96%2.68%2.11%2.62%2.6%2.67%
Efficiency Ratio63.07%61.59%56.49%51.34%54.75%52.64%60.65%58.34%47.35%45.21%
Equity / Assets9.33%10.95%11.89%12.92%12.59%12.05%10.26%9.29%10.36%11.48%
Book Value / Share12.8216.7821.6820.2222.1423.1723.5520.4122.6124.04
NII Growth10.08%38.32%31.49%18.71%18.98%-1.49%-4.32%19.48%-1.23%0.72%
Dividend Payout47.73%45.78%48.95%39.43%43.88%47.85%41.12%39.64%43.3%47.65%

Revenue by Segment

2018201920202021202220232024
Asset Management----55.38M57.31M63.63M
Asset Management Growth-----3.49%11.03%
Banking28.88M36.68M31.6M-33.11M29.04M30.93M
Banking Growth-27.02%-13.85%---12.28%6.50%
Technology Service----20.07M21.19M21.98M
Technology Service Growth-----5.61%3.73%
Wealth management fees---53.09M---
Wealth management fees Growth-------
Fees for customer services---35.6M---
Fees for customer services Growth-------
Payment technology solutions---18.35M---
Payment technology solutions Growth-------
Asset Management1--42.93M----
Asset Management1 Growth-------
Remittance Processing--15.4M----
Remittance Processing Growth-------
Investment Advice-38.56M-----
Investment Advice Growth-------
Deposit Account14.35M15.04M-----
Deposit Account Growth-4.86%-----
Fiduciary And Trust27.18M------
Fiduciary And Trust Growth-------
Commissions And Brokers Fees Net3.79M------
Commissions And Brokers Fees Net Growth-------

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.6x. This may indicate the stock is undervalued or faces growth challenges.

Growth & Financials

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) grew revenue by 10.3% over the past year. This is steady growth.

Yes, First Busey Corporation (BUSE) is profitable, generating $102.6M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (17.2% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Yes, First Busey Corporation (BUSE) pays a dividend with a yield of 3.79%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) has a return on equity (ROE) of 8.6%. This is below average, suggesting room for improvement.

Industry Metrics

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) has a net interest margin (NIM) of 2.7%. NIM has been under pressure due to interest rate environment.

First Busey Corporation (BUSE) has an efficiency ratio of 45.2%. This is excellent, indicating strong cost control.

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