First Busey Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for First Busey stock have an average target of 28.75, with a low estimate of 25 and a high estimate of 33. The average target predicts an increase of 18.56% from the current stock price of 24.25.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$25	$28.75	$29	$33
Change	+3.09%	+18.56%	+19.59%	+36.08%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Busey stock from 4 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	4	3	3	2	2	2
Hold	1	2	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	4	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jeff Rulis DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $28 → $25	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $25	+3.09%	Jan 30, 2025
Damon Delmonte Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Reiterates $34 → $33	Buy	Reiterates	$34 → $33	+36.08%	Jan 30, 2025
Andrew Liesch Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $32 → $28	Buy	Maintains	$32 → $28	+15.46%	Jan 30, 2025
Terry McEvoy Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Hold Reiterates $29	Hold	Reiterates	$29	+19.59%	Jan 29, 2025
Damon Delmonte Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $32 → $34	Buy	Maintains	$32 → $34	+40.21%	Dec 4, 2024

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

747.94M

Revenue Next Year

841.31M

from 747.94M

12.48%

from 747.94M

EPS This Year

2.56

from 1.98

29.05%

from 1.98

EPS Next Year

2.89

from 2.56

13.04%

from 2.56

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	747.94M	841.31M
Revenue Growth	-7.84%	15.51%	6.45%	-1.39%	3.25%	-	12.48%
EPS	1.83	2.20	2.29	2.18	1.98	2.56	2.89
EPS Growth	-2.14%	20.22%	4.09%	-4.80%	-9.17%	29.05%	13.04%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.49	8.40
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	779.3M	881.2M
Avg	747.9M	841.3M
Low	708.5M	794.2M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	-	17.8%
Avg	-	12.5%
Low	-	6.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	2.68	3.05
Avg	2.56	2.89
Low	2.30	2.70

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	35.2%	19.2%
Avg	29.0%	13.0%
Low	16.3%	5.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.