First Busey Ownership | Who Owns First Busey?

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First Busey Ownership Summary

First Busey is owned by 79.10% institutional investors, 6.02% insiders, and 14.88% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.35% of BUSE shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.08% of its assets in First Busey shares.

BUSE Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	First Busey	79.10%	6.02%	14.88%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	51.64%	15.54%	32.82%
Industry	Regional Banks Stocks	53.95%	12.38%	33.68%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	7.09M	10.35%	$162.31M
Blackrock	4.75M	8.57%	$114.96M
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
Geode capital management	1.29M	2.26%	$30.34M
American century companies	1.44M	2.09%	$32.85M
Lsv asset management	1.34M	1.95%	$30.62M
Plancorp	1.30M	1.89%	$30.03M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Ejf capital	185.03K	3.37%	$4.23M
Mendon capital advisors	235.78K	2.62%	$5.40M
Mirabella financial services llp	878.87K	2.06%	$20.11M
Banc funds	405.93K	1.40%	$9.29M
Fj capital management	410.19K	1.00%	$9.39M
Plancorp	1.30M	0.94%	$30.03M
Sapience investments	52.38K	0.80%	$1.20M
Cozad asset management	359.38K	0.79%	$8.47M
Bayview asset management	64.39K	0.56%	$1.47M
Maltese capital management	150.00K	0.48%	$3.43M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Mirabella financial services llp	878.87K	2.06%	878.87K
Loomis sayles & co l p	364.58K	0.01%	364.58K
State street	1.81M	0.00%	310.19K
Millennium management	565.00K	0.01%	309.30K
Blackrock	4.75M	0.00%	252.90K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Alliancebernstein	56.86K	0.00%	-960.34K
T. rowe price investment management	501.65K	0.01%	-417.80K
Private capital management	-	-	-388.61K
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	579.33K	0.04%	-339.58K
Philadelphia financial management of san francisco	-	-	-302.29K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Mirabella financial services llp	878.87K	2.06%	878.87K	$20.11M
Loomis sayles & co l p	364.58K	0.01%	364.58K	$8.34M
Maltese capital management	150.00K	0.48%	150.00K	$3.43M
Brevan howard capital management lp	43.41K	0.01%	43.41K	$993.27K
Schonfeld strategic advisors	26.54K	0.00%	26.54K	$625.55K

Sold Out

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

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	233	-6.80%	54,197,198	0.55%	79	1.28%	107	-39.89%	84	121.05%
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	-

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	2.74M	3.08%	-91.83K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.71M	3.00%	2.21K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2.05M	2.30%	-
DFA US Small Cap Value I	1.22M	1.37%	-
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	942.21K	1.06%	-
Janus Henderson Small Cap Value L	941.43K	1.06%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	884.11K	0.99%	-393.23K
Fidelity Small Cap Index	861.05K	0.97%	10.83K
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value	542.41K	0.95%	-118.00
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	756.85K	0.85%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Oct 31, 2025	Phillips Scott A.	CAO	Buy	$34.61K
Oct 31, 2025	BRADSHAW STANLEY J	-	Buy	$11.11K
Oct 31, 2025	BRADSHAW STANLEY J	-	Buy	$22.36K
Sep 12, 2025	Jensen Karen M	-	Buy	$73.80K
Sep 05, 2025	Maddox Mike	President	Buy	$11.70K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	9	-
2025 Q2	12	-
2025 Q1	14	-
2024 Q4	2	-

BUSE Ownership FAQ

Who Owns First Busey?

First Busey shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 79.10%, followed by 6.02% insiders and 14.88% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in First Busey's industry, Regional Banks Stocks, is 53.95%, which First Busey exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of First Busey?

First Busey’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (7.09M shares, 10.35%), Blackrock (4.75M shares, 8.57%), and Dimensional fund advisors lp (3.5M shares, 6.14%). Together, they hold 25.06% 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?

Ejf capital is First Busey’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.37% of its assets in 185.03K First Busey shares, valued at 4.23M$.

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 3.08% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.74M First Busey shares.

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