First Busey Ownership | Who Owns First Busey?

First Busey Ownership Summary

First Busey is owned by 27.11% institutional investors, 7.06% insiders, and 65.83% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.57% of BUSE shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.97% of its assets in First Busey shares.

BUSE Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	First Busey	27.11%	7.06%	65.83%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	40.25%	14.22%	45.54%
Industry	Regional Banks Stocks	42.17%	11.96%	45.87%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	4.75M	8.57%	$114.96M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	4.81M	8.43%	$113.33M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	3.50M	6.14%	$82.50M
Vanguard group	3.09M	5.42%	$72.90M
State street	1.81M	3.17%	$42.60M
Wellington management group llp	1.72M	3.02%	$40.61M
Plancorp	1.30M	2.27%	$30.58M
Geode capital management	1.29M	2.26%	$30.34M
Lsv asset management	1.22M	2.13%	$28.65M
American century companies	1.12M	1.97%	$26.47M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Plancorp	1.30M	1.26%	$30.58M
Sapience investments	64.14K	0.88%	$1.51M
Cozad asset management	359.38K	0.79%	$8.47M
Osborne partners capital management	387.11K	0.53%	$9.12M
Summerhaven investment management	31.65K	0.46%	$745.99K
Emerald advisers	386.73K	0.35%	$9.12M
Emerald mutual fund advisers trust	205.77K	0.29%	$4.85M
Denali advisors	105.00K	0.26%	$2.48M
Mps loria financial planners	35.80K	0.25%	$843.89K
Keeley-teton advisors	89.97K	0.25%	$2.12M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Emerald advisers	386.73K	0.35%	386.73K
State street	1.81M	0.00%	310.19K
Millennium management	565.00K	0.01%	309.30K
Blackrock	4.75M	0.00%	252.90K
Peregrine capital management	233.26K	0.16%	233.26K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Alliancebernstein	56.86K	0.00%	-960.34K
Private capital management	-	-	-388.61K
Siena capital partners gp	-	-	-206.55K
Bank of america corp /de/	78.27K	0.00%	-103.37K
Assenagon asset management	-	-	-100.95K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Emerald advisers	386.73K	0.35%	386.73K	$9.12M
Peregrine capital management	233.26K	0.16%	233.26K	$5.50M
Emerald mutual fund advisers trust	205.77K	0.29%	205.77K	$4.85M
Sequoia financial advisors	54.91K	0.01%	54.91K	$1.29M
Dark forest capital management lp	36.64K	0.13%	36.64K	$863.58K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-9.00
Bokf, na	-12.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-23.00
Riverview trust	-37.00
International assets investment management	-39.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	93	-48.62%	15,459,878	-52.82%	27	0.82%	49	-52.88%	19	-50.00%
Sep 30, 2024	180	12.50%	32,760,430	0.13%	57	1.74%	104	35.06%	37	-24.49%
Jun 30, 2024	159	1.27%	32,717,291	3.01%	59	1.80%	76	2.70%	49	-
Mar 31, 2024	157	7.53%	31,761,696	2.05%	57	1.82%	74	5.71%	49	13.95%
Dec 31, 2023	146	2.10%	31,122,579	4.25%	56	1.94%	70	7.69%	43	-4.44%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.69M	2.97%	7.26K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.44M	2.53%	-28.17K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	988.03K	1.73%	999.00
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	802.86K	1.41%	223.00
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value L	798.17K	1.40%	-
DFA US Small Cap Value I	782.95K	1.38%	-
Fidelity Small Cap Index	543.09K	0.95%	-674.00
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	488.94K	0.86%	-1.00K
DFA US Targeted Value I	456.88K	0.80%	-
SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF	389.38K	0.68%	-13.87K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 13, 2025	Jensen Karen M	-	Buy	$54.88K
Mar 13, 2025	Jensen Karen M	-	Buy	$43.48K
Mar 14, 2025	Jensen Karen M	-	Buy	$66.21K
Mar 14, 2025	Jensen Karen M	-	Buy	$54.50K
Mar 14, 2025	BRADSHAW STANLEY J	-	Buy	$65.10K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q1	14	-
2024 Q4	2	-
2024 Q3	11	4
2024 Q2	15	2
2024 Q1	16	3

BUSE Ownership FAQ

Who Owns First Busey?

First Busey shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 27.11%, followed by 7.06% insiders and 65.83% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in First Busey's industry, Regional Banks Stocks, is 42.17%, which First Busey falls below.

Who owns the most shares of First Busey?

First Busey’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (4.75M shares, 8.57%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (4.81M shares, 8.43%), and Dimensional fund advisors lp (3.5M shares, 6.14%). Together, they hold 23.14% of First Busey’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own First Busey?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.57% of First Busey, totaling 4.75M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 114.96M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 252.9K shares, a 5.63% change.

Who is First Busey’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Plancorp is First Busey’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 1.26% of its assets in 1.3M First Busey shares, valued at 30.58M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of First Busey shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of First Busey shares, with 2.97% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.69M First Busey shares.

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