First Busey Corporation (BUSE): Price and Financial Metrics

BUSE POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where BUSE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 89.62% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for BUSE is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• BUSE's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 13.39% of US stocks).

BUSE Stock Summary

• First Busey Corp's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than merely 24.24% of US listed stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 9.3 for First Busey Corp; that's greater than it is for 89.98% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 31.37%, First Busey Corp's debt growth rate surpasses 78.45% of about US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to First Busey Corp are FVCB, BFC, OPHC, IBTX, and FBMS.
• Visit BUSE's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.busey.com.

BUSE Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, BUSE's price/sales ratio is 3.12% higher, now standing at 3.3.
• BUSE's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 6 over the prior 243 months.
• BUSE's price/sales ratio has moved down 1.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for BUSE.

BUSE Growth Metrics

Its 2 year price growth rate is now at -46.22%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 125.57%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 31.51%.

BUSE's revenue has moved up $157,728,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows BUSE's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	418.603	162.012	123.449
2021-09-30	408.564	170.381	121.868
2021-06-30	399.17	196.834	126.756
2021-03-31	385.803	196.023	122.796
2020-12-31	362.403	169.299	100.344
2020-09-30	363.316	129.899	100.57

BUSE's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• BUSE has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 31.08% of graded US stocks.
• BUSE's asset turnover comes in at 0.035 -- ranking 280th of 428 Banking stocks.
• FCNCA, BANR, and BCOR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with BUSE.

The table below shows BUSE's key quality metrics over time.