First Busey Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Director Jensen Karen M acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.11 million on Jun 13 ’25. In the deal valued at $22.50 per share,5,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Jensen Karen M now holds 81,068 shares worth roughly $1.88 million.
Then, BRADSHAW STANLEY J bought 1,000 shares, generating $22,400 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $22.40, the Director now owns 492,769 shares.
Before that, CAPLE STEVEN W bought 3,300 shares. First Busey Corp shares valued at $73,887 were divested by the Director at a price of $22.39 per share. As a result of the transaction, CAPLE STEVEN W now holds 8,344 shares, worth roughly $0.19 million.
Stephens downgraded its First Busey Corp [BUSE] rating to an Equal-weight from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late January from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. Stephens also remained covering BUSE and has increased its forecast on April 09, 2020 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal-weight” rating. DA Davidson revised its rating on February 03, 2020. It rated BUSE as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of BUSE
On Friday, First Busey Corp [NASDAQ:BUSE] saw its stock fall -0.85% to $23.22. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.85%. First Busey Corp shares have risen nearly 2.79% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -1.48% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $28.97 was reached on 02/07/25, a 52-week low of $18.40 was recorded on 04/07/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For BUSE Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 23.08, which if violated will result in even more drops to 22.94. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 23.49. A further resistance level may holdings at 23.76.
How much short interest is there in First Busey Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in First Busey Corp stocks on 2025-06-13, dropping by -0.15 million shares to a total of 1.54 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-15 was 1.69 million shares. There was a decline of -9.43%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
