First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) stock closed at 46.78 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.47% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 92.06K shares and market capitalization of 2.52B. Is a component of indices and it is traded on NASDAQ exchange. The company belongs in the Banks industry, Financial Services sector and employs 1891 people. First Merchants Corporation CEO is Mark K. Hardwick.

The one-year performance of First Merchants Corporation stock is 75.15%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 25.05%. FRME stock has a five-year performance of 96.66%. Its 52-week range is between 21.18 and 50.65, which gives FRME stock a 52-week price range ratio of 85.65%

First Merchants Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 16.90, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 1.34, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 6.28, a price to cashflow ratio of 12.20, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 1.08%, a ROC of -% and a ROE of 7.78%. The company’s profit margin is 28.18%, its EBITDA margin is -%, and its revenue ttm is $408.83 Million , which makes it $7.52 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from First Merchants Corporation, there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.78 for the next earnings report. First Merchants Corporation’s next earnings report date is 22nd Apr 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for First Merchants Corporation is Moderate Buy (2.2), with a target price of $44.8, which is -3.09% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for First Merchants Corporation stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

First Merchants Corporation has a dividend yield of 2.20% with a dividend per share of $1.04 and a payout ratio of 37.00%.

First Merchants Corporation has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 18.14, ATR14 : 1.86, CCI20 : 8.68, Chaikin Money Flow : -0.11, MACD : 1.60, Money Flow Index : 50.72, ROC : -1.18, RSI : 63.19, STOCH (14,3) : 45.98, STOCH RSI : 0.19, UO : 45.07, Williams %R : -54.02), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of First Merchants Corporation in the last 12-months were: Charles E. Schalliol (Option Excercise at a value of $13 530), Gary J. Lehman (Option Excercise at a value of $18 690), Gary J. Lehman (Sold 3 000 shares of value $145 146 ), Jean L. Wojtowicz (Option Excercise at a value of $25 110), Michael C. Marhenke (Buy at a value of $510 600), Michael C. Marhenke (Sold 9 000 shares of value $450 000 ), Michael C. Rechin (Sold 20 000 shares of value $508 080 ), Michael J. Stewart (Sold 9 968 shares of value $267 790 ), Patrick A. Sherman (Buy at a value of $6 500), Terry L. Walker (Option Excercise at a value of $25 110), William L. Hoy (Option Excercise at a value of $32 475), William L. Hoy (Sold 4 500 shares of value $195 885 )