First Busey Corporation and CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. have received shareholder approval for their proposed merger, which is expected to close in the first or second quarter of 2025. The combined entity will create a premier full-service commercial bank with significant scale and enhanced financial capabilities.

Investors need to pay close attention to First Busey (BUSE) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

The headline numbers for First Busey (BUSE) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

First Busey (BUSE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -4.08% and 1.57%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2024. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE)

First Busey (BUSE) buys Merchants and Manufacturers Bank. The deal is set to aid geographical expansion, increase the deposit balance, and expand the commercial banking and wealth management businesses.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. and OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Busey Corporation (“Busey”) (NASDAQ: BUSE), the holding company for Busey Bank, announced the completion of its acquisition of Merchants and Manufacturers Bank Corporation (“M&M”), the holding company for Merchants and Manufacturers Bank (“M&M Bank”), effective April 1, 2024. The transaction was previously announced on November 27, 2023.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. and OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Busey Corporation (“Busey”) (NASDAQ:BUSE), the holding company for Busey Bank, and Merchants and Manufacturers Bank Corporation (“M&M”), the holding company for Merchants and Manufacturers Bank (“M&M Bank”), today jointly announced that the election deadline for M&M shareholders of record to make merger consideration elections in connection with the previously announced merger between Busey and M&M is 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on March 29, 2024. M&M shareholders may elect to receive either $117.74 in cash, 5.7294 shares of Busey common stock, or mixed consideration of $34.55 in cash and 4.0481 shares of Busey common stock, in exchange for each share of M&M common stock owned, subject to adjustment and proration as provided in the merger agreement.

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