First Busey Ownership | Who Owns First Busey?

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First Busey Ownership Summary

First Busey is owned by 78.61% institutional investors, 6.01% insiders, and 15.38% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.57% of BUSE shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.00% of its assets in First Busey shares.

BUSE Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	First Busey	78.61%	6.01%	15.38%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	71.97%	15.45%	12.58%
Industry	Regional Banks Stocks	38.06%	12.02%	49.92%

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
Exoduspoint capital management, lp	-	-	-120.25K
Bank of america corp /de/	78.27K	0.00%	-103.37K

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
Schonfeld strategic advisors	26.54K	0.00%	26.54K	$625.55K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-9.00
Bokf, na	-12.00
Ifp advisors	-18.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-23.00
Srs capital advisors	-25.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	248	22.77%	53,864,851	54.43%	78	2.10%	177	52.59%	37	-22.92%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.71M	3.00%	2.21K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	2.59M	2.88%	51.95K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2.12M	2.37%	1.04K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	1.29M	1.43%	1.52K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	1.24M	1.38%	-
DFA US Small Cap Value I	1.22M	1.35%	-
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value	542.41K	0.95%	-118.00
Fidelity Small Cap Index	837.45K	0.94%	10.87K
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value L	827.34K	0.92%	29.18K
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	766.03K	0.86%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 02, 2025	CAPLE STEVEN W	-	Buy	$9.79K
Jun 02, 2025	BRADSHAW STANLEY J	-	Buy	$21.75K
May 30, 2025	Jensen Karen M	-	Buy	$88.00K
May 29, 2025	BRADSHAW STANLEY J	-	Buy	$22.00K
May 23, 2025	CAPLE STEVEN W	-	Buy	$25.38K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	8	-
2025 Q1	14	-
2024 Q4	2	-
2024 Q3	11	4
2024 Q2	15	2

BUSE Ownership FAQ

Who Owns First Busey?

First Busey shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 78.61%, followed by 6.01% insiders and 15.38% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in First Busey's industry, Regional Banks Stocks, is 38.06%, which First Busey exceeds.

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 US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of First Busey shares, with 3.00% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.71M First Busey shares.

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