First Busey (BUSE) Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, BUSE or FNB?

First Busey has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F.N.B. has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of F.N.B. shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of F.N.B. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BUSE or FNB?

F.N.B. received 56 more outperform votes than First Busey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote while only 54.14% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Busey	Outperform Votes 379 54.14%	Underperform Votes 321 45.86%
F.N.B.	Outperform Votes 435 62.86%	Underperform Votes 257 37.14%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BUSE or FNB?

F.N.B. has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. F.N.B. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, 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
First Busey	$475.63M	2.48	$113.69M	$1.07	19.32
F.N.B.	$1.60B	2.99	$465.33M	$1.26	10.56

Do analysts rate BUSE or FNB?

First Busey presently has a consensus price target of $27.80, suggesting a potential upside of 34.49%. F.N.B. has a consensus price target of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.46%. Given First Busey's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than F.N.B..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Busey	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
F.N.B.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is BUSE or FNB more profitable?

F.N.B. has a net margin of 18.12% compared to First Busey's net margin of 17.14%. First Busey's return on equity of 8.94% beat F.N.B.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Busey	17.14%	8.94%	1.00%
F.N.B.	18.12%	8.30%	1.08%

Does the media prefer BUSE or FNB?

In the previous week, F.N.B. had 13 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for F.N.B. and 15 mentions for First Busey. F.N.B.'s average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat First Busey's score of 0.82 indicating that F.N.B. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Busey	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
F.N.B.	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BUSE or FNB a better dividend stock?

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Busey pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. F.N.B. pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

F.N.B. beats First Busey on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.