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First Busey vs First Merchants

Over the past year BUSE returned +28.8% and FRME returned +14.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.81.

BUSE +28.8% FRME +14.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBUSEFRME
Price$28.81$40.59
Market cap$2.38B$2.55B
Today−2.24%−1.22%
1 month−2.2%+2.6%
6 months+8.3%+0.4%
Year to date+21.1%+8.3%
1 year+27.9%+13.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)−8.1%+14.2%
Gross margin73.2%65.8%
Net margin21.8%14.6%
P/E (TTM)11.2×13.8×
Price / sales2.2×2.3×
Net cash$3.46B$2.48B
Dividend yield3.61%3.65%
Volatility (60d)16.0%16.0%
Short % of float6.9%3.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).