First Busey Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Director Cassens Michael David unloaded Company’s shares for reported $18180.0 on Jan 15 ’26. In the deal valued at $24.24 per share,750 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Cassens Michael David now holds 140,031 shares worth roughly $3.45 million.
Then, Cassens Michael David sold 750 shares, generating $19,028 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $25.37, the Director now owns 140,781 shares.
Before that, Maddox Mike bought 1,000 shares. First Busey Corp shares valued at $25,519 were divested by the President at a price of $25.52 per share. As a result of the transaction, Maddox Mike now holds 40,280 shares, worth roughly $0.99 million.
Piper Sandler initiated its First Busey Corp [BUSE] rating to an Overweight in a research note published on July 01, 2025; the price target was $30. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Hovde Group’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late June with a ‘”a Market perform”‘ rating. Stephens also remained covering BUSE and has decreased its forecast on October 14, 2024 with a “an Equal-weight” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating. Raymond James revised its rating on January 31, 2022. It rated BUSE as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Mkt perform”.
Price Performance Review of BUSE
On Friday, First Busey Corp [NASDAQ:BUSE] saw its stock fall -4.28% to $24.61. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.01%. First Busey Corp shares have risen nearly 8.18% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 3.45% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in First Busey Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in First Busey Corp stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -0.39 million shares to a total of 1.55 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 1.95 million shares. There was a decline of -25.33%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
