First Busey Corporation (BUSE)

First Busey Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 7 analysts polled by S&P Global, First Busey stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $28.57. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 9.05% higher than the current stock price, while the lowest is $27 (+3.05%) and the highest is $30 (+14.50%).

Price Target: $28.57 (+9.05%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$27	$28.57	$28	$30
Change	+3.05%	+9.05%	+6.87%	+14.50%

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	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	4	4	4	3	3	3
Hold	3	3	3	4	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	7	7	7	6	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nathan Race Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $29 → $30	Buy	Maintains	$29 → $30	+14.50%	Apr 30, 2026
Brandon Rud Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Hold Maintains $27 → $28	Hold	Maintains	$27 → $28	+6.87%	Apr 30, 2026
Brandon Rud Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Hold Initiates $27	Hold	Initiates	$27	+3.05%	Mar 27, 2026
Nathan Race Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $26 → $29	Buy	Maintains	$26 → $29	+10.69%	Jan 30, 2026
Jeff Rulis DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $27	Hold	Maintains	$27	+3.05%	Jan 29, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

813.77M

Increased by 22.03%

from 666.84M

Revenue Next Year

839.62M

Increased by 3.18%

from 813.77M

EPS This Year

2.70

Increased by 83.39%

from 1.47

EPS Next Year

2.78

Increased by 3.09%

from 2.70

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	418.60M	445.62M	438.98M	454.80M	666.84M	813.77M	839.62M
Revenue Growth	15.51%	6.45%	-1.49%	3.61%	46.62%	22.03%	3.18%
EPS	2.20	2.29	2.18	1.98	1.47	2.70	2.78
EPS Growth	20.22%	4.09%	-4.80%	-9.17%	-25.76%	83.39%	3.09%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.72	9.43
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	8

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	849.1M	884.7M
Avg	813.8M	839.6M
Low	774.9M	792.7M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	27.3%	8.7%
Avg	22.0%	3.2%
Low	16.2%	-2.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	2.84	3.05
Avg	2.70	2.78
Low	2.55	2.54

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	92.9%	13.0%
Avg	83.4%	3.1%
Low	73.5%	-5.6%

Sources: Price targets and consensus ratings provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Historical ratings and analyst data provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.