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FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ (BUSE)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/

First Busey Corporation operates as a financial holding company providing banking and related financial services. Its main subsidiary, Busey Bank, offers a range of consumer and commercial banking products including loans, deposits, and wealth management services across 79 banking centers in 10 states. The company also provides payment technology solutions through its subsidiary FirsTech, serving business clients nationwide.

Snapshot

Revenue
$719.6M
Revenue growth (YoY)
55.7%
Net income
$135.3M
Diluted EPS
$1.47
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
18.8%
FCF margin
24.0%
ROE
5.5%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
12.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$2.50B
Long-term debt / equity
0.05×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at First Busey Corp /nv/

  • Revenue grew 55.7% to $720M in FY2025, faster than the 4.6% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $197M, down 0.7% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $173M in FY2025, 24.0% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 19.0% to $135M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where First Busey Corp /nv/’s fundamentals sit among the 76 banks. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Net margin18.8%
8th percentile of 76
FCF margin24.0%
28th percentile of 58
Revenue growth (YoY)+55.7%
95th percentile of 76
ROE5.5%
4th percentile of 76
P/E12.4×
57th percentile of 75
Long-term debt / equity0.05×
19th percentile of 38
Short interest5.23d
50th percentile of 75

First Busey Corp /nv/’s return on equity of 5.5% ranks in the 4th percentile of the 76 banks reporting it. First Busey Corp /nv/’s revenue growth of +55.7% ranks in the 95th percentile of the 76 banks reporting it. First Busey Corp /nv/’s net margin of 18.8% ranks in the 8th percentile of the 76 banks reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 4 insider sales totaling $269,067. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
0 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$26.6M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$12.4M421.6KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$6.5M221.1KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$3.4M116.7KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$2.7M91.0KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.5M52.0KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
4
$269K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Cassens Michael DavidDirectorSell1.4K$31.08$45K
2026-07-15
filed 2026-07-17
Cassens Michael DavidDirectorSell1.4K$29.34$42K
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-16
Cassens Michael DavidDirectorSell5.5K$29.00$160K
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-16
Cassens Michael DavidDirectorSell750$28.92$22K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-18
Cassens Michael DavidDirectorSell750$26.11$20K
2026-05-12
BRADSHAW STANLEY JDirectorBuy600$25.99$16K
2026-05-04
filed 2026-05-05
Phillips Scott A.Chief Accounting OfficerBuy5.0K$25.90$130K
2026-04-15
filed 2026-04-16
Cassens Michael DavidDirectorSell750$26.75$20K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
3.6M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+3.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.23
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
685.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-143.6M+3.7%5.23
2026-07-313.5M-5.7%3.65
2026-07-153.7M-2.6%4.43
2026-06-303.8M+13.9%3.64
2026-06-153.3M-4.9%3.99
2026-05-293.5M-9.3%5.62
2026-05-153.8M+15.6%6.78
2026-04-303.3M+15.8%6.17

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Bank fundamentals

Regulatory detail for Busey Bank (Champaign, IL), the insured-bank subsidiary, from its FDIC Call Report as of Q1 2026. This is what actually moves bank stocks: deposit franchise, capital, and credit quality that a standard income statement can’t show.

Total deposits
$14.8B
FDIC insured-bank
Uninsured deposits
42.6%
share of deposits
CET1 ratio
14.06%
regulatory capital
Net interest margin
3.81%
trailing
Efficiency ratio
61.6%
lower is better
Noncurrent loans
0.35%
of gross loans

Source: FDIC BankFind (Call Report). Bank-subsidiary figures, filed quarterly ~30 days after quarter-end.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$719.6M$462.3M$441.8M$450.2M
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$135.3M$113.7M$122.6M$128.3M$123.4M
Diluted EPS$1.47$1.98$2.18$2.29$2.20

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$280.2M$697.7M$719.6M$227.2M$836.1M
Current assets
Total assets$18.10B$12.05B$12.28B$12.34B$12.86B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt$113.8M$0
Total liabilities$15.64B$10.66B$11.01B$11.19B$11.54B
Total equity$2.47B$1.38B$1.27B$1.15B$1.32B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$192.6M$178.3M$173.4M$165.8M$162.0M
Capital expenditure$19.6M$6.4M$9.5M$5.0M$5.0M
Free cash flow$173.0M$171.8M$163.9M$160.8M$157.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$196.7M-0.7%$63.2M$0.69
Q1 FY2026$196.2M57.0%$50.0M$0.52
Q4 FY2025$200.2M71.4%$60.8M$0.68
Q3 FY2025$196.3M65.7%$57.1M$0.58
Q2 FY2025$198.0M70.4%$47.4M$0.52
Q1 FY2025$125.0M12.8%$-30.0M$-0.44
Q4 FY2024$116.8M7.5%$28.1M$0.49
Q3 FY2024$118.5M8.9%$32.0M$0.55

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorFinancials
SIC industryState Commercial Banks
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2020
SEC CIK314489

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-07
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8-K2026-07-31
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-07-14
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.