Director LYKINS GREGORY B bought 88 shares of BUSE at $28.19 on 2024-07-30 (88-share purchase at transaction price, currently down 11.0% from 52-week high).
LYKINS GREGORY B purchased 88 shares at $28.19, adding to a substantial position of 122.5K shares post-transaction. The transaction is modest in size (0.1% of existing holdings) and dollar value ($2.5K), consistent with routine portfolio activity. Price action post-filing shows BUSE trading at $25.30, down 11.0% from its 52-week high of $28.41 and down 9.0% over 90 days. Examining LYKINS's prior trading at BUSE: his 5 prior buys at this ticker delivered a 60.00% well-timed rate at the 90-day mark, including a notably successful buy on 2023-12-29 (90d +23.6%) and a buy on 2024-05-01 (90d +21.7%), though recent performance has been mixed with the 2024-01-31 buy generating a 90d -9.4% return. The current price decline of 11.0% from the transaction price suggests near-term weakness despite the insider's historical ability to capture positive returns over longer horizons at this ticker.
Director Gregory B Lykins buys 108 shares of BUSE at $22.85; modest addition to 10.4K-share position.
Director Gregory B Lykins purchased 108 shares of First Busey Corp at $22.85 on 2024-05-01, increasing his holding from 10,321 to 10,430 shares—a 1.1% increase in position size. The stock has appreciated 13.7% over the subsequent 30 days and 23.2% over 90 days, trading at $27.53 and within its 52-week range. His prior four trades at BUSE show mixed results: two achieved positive 90-day returns while two posted losses, yielding a 50% timing success rate at this ticker. The company trades at a P/E of 13.97 with $26.2M in net income and a $1.6B market cap. The transaction represents a routine, modest accumulation by a board member in a financially stable small-cap, with no structural pattern of well-timed entries evident in his BUSE-specific history.
