---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000314489-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BUSE"
cik: "0000314489"
company_name: "FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:21:12.034263+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Busey Q1 adj EPS $0.67, up 17.5% YoY; NIM expands to 3.77%

## Summary
- Net income $50.0M ($0.52 GAAP EPS); adj. net income $63.2M ($0.67 adj. EPS, +17.5% YoY).
- NIM expanded 6 bps QoQ to 3.77%; efficiency ratio improved 390 bps YoY to 54.8%.
- Wealth management fee income had a record quarter; stable assets under care.
- Tangible book value per share +8.2% YoY to $20.14; CET1 ratio 12.31% after $65.6M in buybacks.
- NPAs down 14% QoQ; allowance/loans stable at 1.26%; loan and deposit balances down seasonally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000314489-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BUSE
- cik: 0000314489
- company_name: FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314489/000031448926000027/0000314489-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314489/000031448926000027/buse-20260428.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314489-26-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314489-26-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314489-26-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $50.0 million, EPS $0.52.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $50.0 million
  - EPS: $0.52
  - Result: reported results
  source text: KS, April 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) Announces 2026 First Quarter Earnings. Net Income Diluted EPS Net Interest Margin 1 ROAA 1 ROATCE 1 $50.0 million $63.2 million (adj) 2 $0.52 $0.67 (adj) 2 3.77% 2 3.64% (adj) 2 1.12% 2 1.42% (adj) 2 11.10% 2 14.12% (adj) 2 MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO CONTENTS Busey posted
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314489/000031448926000027/0000314489-26-000027-index.htm

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