First Merchants Corporation
General ticker "FRME" information:
- Sector: Financials
- Industry: Banks - Regional
- Capitalization: $2.3B (TTM average)
First Merchants Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 38.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 43.64$, high 44.75$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-07-22 amc
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-06-05, amount 0.37$ (Y3.32%)
- Total employees count: 2086 (-1.6%) as of 2025
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Pandemic risks, Cybersecurity threats, Liquidity and credit risks, Funding failure, Regulatory and compliance
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [31.42$, 43.26$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [30.37$, 42.28$]
Financial Metrics affecting the FRME estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 9.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was low
- Positive: 6.62 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 12.83
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 24.67 > 18.40
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -34.99 <= -14.27
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 12.97 <= 19.19
- Positive: -3.72 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.17
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.73 > 10.32
- Negative: -0.75 < Inventory ratio change, % of 0
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $651.00MM | $654.31MM | $1,050.20MM |
| Operating Expenses | $477.57MM | $422.58MM | $791.09MM |
| Operating Income | $173.43MM | $231.73MM | $259.11MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $85.80MM | $0.00MM | $0.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $348.49MM | $426.89MM | $388.78MM |
| Income(Loss) | $259.23MM | $231.73MM | $259.11MM |
| Taxes | $35.45MM | $30.33MM | $33.11MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $223.79MM | $201.40MM | $226.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $2,247.71MM | $2,304.98MM | $2,466.67MM |
| Assets | $18,405.89MM | $18,311.97MM | $19,025.10MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $258.83MM | $266.21MM | $283.65MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-344.43MM | $-252.42MM | $-773.82MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $75.65MM | $-38.82MM | $486.72MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.77 | $3.45 | $3.92 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.