First Busey (BUSE) Competitors

TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TCBK or BUSE?

First Busey received 120 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.35% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote while only 54.14% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriCo Bancshares	Outperform Votes 255 54.14%	Underperform Votes 216 45.86%
First Busey	Outperform Votes 375 54.35%	Underperform Votes 315 45.65%

Do analysts recommend TCBK or BUSE?

TriCo Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $48.20, suggesting a potential upside of 3.61%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than TriCo Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriCo Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
First Busey	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk and volatility, TCBK or BUSE?

TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TCBK or BUSE?

In the previous week, First Busey had 2 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Busey and 0 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat First Busey's score of 0.00 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TriCo Bancshares	Neutral
First Busey	Neutral

Is TCBK or BUSE a better dividend stock?

TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. TriCo Bancshares pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TriCo Bancshares has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TCBK or BUSE?

59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TCBK or BUSE more profitable?

TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.12% compared to First Busey's net margin of 16.94%. TriCo Bancshares' return on equity of 9.45% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriCo Bancshares	21.12%	9.45%	1.14%
First Busey	16.94%	8.94%	0.98%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TCBK or BUSE?

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than TriCo Bancshares. First Busey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TriCo Bancshares	$499.75M	3.07	$117.39M	$3.36	13.85
First Busey	$601.76M	2.50	$122.57M	$1.94	13.64

Summary

TriCo Bancshares and First Busey tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.