First Busey Corporation (BUSE)

First Busey Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts that cover First Busey stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $26.57, which forecasts a 18.62% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $25 and the highest is $29.

Price Target: $26.57 (+18.62%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$25	$26.57	$26	$29
Change	+11.61%	+18.62%	+16.07%	+29.46%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	3	4	4	4	4	4
Hold	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	7	7	7	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nathan Race Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $30 → $26	Buy	Maintains	$30 → $26	+16.07%	Oct 31, 2025
Daniel Tamayo Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Reiterates $28 → $26	Buy	Reiterates	$28 → $26	+16.07%	Oct 30, 2025
Daniel Tamayo Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Reiterates $27 → $28	Buy	Reiterates	$27 → $28	+25.00%	Aug 29, 2025
Damon Delmonte Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $30 → $29	Buy	Maintains	$30 → $29	+29.46%	Jul 24, 2025
Jeff Rulis DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $23 → $26	Hold	Maintains	$23 → $26	+16.07%	Jul 24, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

737.81M

Increased by 62.62%

from 453.70M

Revenue Next Year

821.39M

Increased by 11.33%

from 737.81M

EPS This Year

2.52

Increased by 27.08%

from 1.98

EPS Next Year

2.62

Increased by 4.27%

from 2.52

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	362.40M	418.60M	445.62M	439.44M	453.70M	737.81M	821.39M
Revenue Growth	-7.84%	15.51%	6.45%	-1.39%	3.25%	62.62%	11.33%
EPS	1.83	2.20	2.29	2.18	1.98	2.52	2.62
EPS Growth	-2.14%	20.22%	4.09%	-4.80%	-9.17%	27.08%	4.27%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	8.90	8.54
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	768.7M	857.7M
Avg	737.8M	821.4M
Low	699.7M	780.0M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	69.4%	16.2%
Avg	62.6%	11.3%
Low	54.2%	5.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	2.62	2.78
Avg	2.52	2.62
Low	2.37	2.40

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	32.2%	10.6%
Avg	27.1%	4.3%
Low	19.9%	-4.6%

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.