First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) stock closed at 27.38 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a -0.9% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 168.53K shares and market capitalization of 1.64B. 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 -32.58%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is -33.4%. FRME stock has a five-year performance of -42.67%. Its 52-week range is between 24.52 and 45.04, which gives FRME stock a 52-week price range ratio of 13.94%

First Merchants Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 12.20, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 1.35, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 4.98, a price to cashflow ratio of 12.70, a PEG ratio of -, a ROA of 1.30%, a ROC of -% and a ROE of 11.44%. The company’s profit margin is 30.40%, its EBITDA margin is -%, and its revenue ttm is $497.82 Million , which makes it $8.36 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from First Merchants Corporation, there were 2 positive earnings surprise and 2 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.96 for the next earnings report. First Merchants Corporation’s next earnings report date is 24th Oct 2023.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for First Merchants Corporation is Strong Buy (1.25), with a target price of $50.25, which is +83.53% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for First Merchants Corporation stock is Sell (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

First Merchants Corporation has a dividend yield of 3.07% with a dividend per share of $1.28 and a payout ratio of 31.00%.

First Merchants Corporation has a Sell technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 18.01, ATR14 : 0.76, CCI20 : -160.53, Chaikin Money Flow : -0.19, MACD : -0.70, Money Flow Index : 33.25, ROC : -5.65, RSI : 30.53, STOCH (14,3) : 3.37, STOCH RSI : 0.00, UO : 27.15, Williams %R : -96.63), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of First Merchants Corporation in the last 12-months were: Becher Michael (Option Excercise at a value of $25 935), Charles E. Schalliol (Option Excercise at a value of $25 935), Charles E. Schalliol (Sold 33 046 shares of value $1 466 300 ), Gary J. Lehman (Option Excercise at a value of $25 935), Gary J. Lehman (Sold 1 465 shares of value $58 732 ), Jean L. Wojtowicz (Option Excercise at a value of $25 935), Lehman Gary (Option Excercise at a value of $32 475), Lehman Gary (Sold 1 465 shares of value $58 732 ), Michael R. Becher (Option Excercise at a value of $25 935), Schalliol Charles (Option Excercise at a value of $25 935), Stephan H. Fluhler (Sold 3 174 shares of value $140 576 )