First Merchants Corporation FRME
Set alert
41.36 USD +0.77 +1.90%
At close
41.75 +0.39 +0.95%
Pre-market · Nov 3, 4:02 AM ET
41.00 Day range 41.71
34.66 52-week range 45.33
- YTD
- +10.35%
- 1 year
- +15.69%
- Open
- 41.01
- Prev close
- 40.59
- Mkt cap
- 2.59B
- Vol
- 645.09K
- Avg vol
- 436.37K
- EPS
- 3.22
- P/E
- 12.84
- Div yield
- 3.60%
More statistics
- Low
- 41.00
- High
- 41.71
- Forward P/E
- 9.49
- Beta
- 0.90
- Short ratio
- 4.29
- Inst. own
- 75.86%
- Dividend
- 1.48
- Ex-div date
- Sep 3, 2026
- Earnings
- Jan 25, 2027
- 50-d avg
- 40.61
- 200-d avg
- 40.73
- 1y target
- 46.33
5D chart
Signals (82)
| Name | Time | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| RSI: Overbought | Nov 2, 9:30 AM | 20 hours ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 3:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 3:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 3:35 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 3:35 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 3:30 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 3:20 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 3:15 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 2:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 30, 2:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 2:05 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 2:00 PM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 30, 1:20 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 1:10 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 1:05 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 12:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 12:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 12:45 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 12:00 PM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 30, 11:55 AM | 3 days ago |
Newest 20 of 82.
Analyst view
Consensus: buy
Buy
Price target (mean) 46.33 +12.0% upside
Now 41.36
- Target (low)
- 45.00
- Target (mean)
- 46.33
- Target (high)
- 48.00
Ratings (0m) 6 5 buy · 1 hold · 0 sell
- Strong buy3
- Buy2
- Hold1
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Recommendation trend
- This month 6
- 1 month ago 6
- 2 months ago 6
Earnings and revenue estimates
Consensus for the coming quarters and fiscal years
| Period | EPS estimate | Low – high | Year ago | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Revenue growth | Analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 1.00 | 0.94 – 1.03 | 0.98 | +2.4% | 205.31M | +15.1% | 6 |
| Next quarter | 1.00 | 0.98 – 1.04 | 1.03 | -2.6% | 204.13M | +5.6% | 6 |
| Current year | 3.88 | 3.81 – 3.92 | 3.89 | -0.3% | 806.15M | +17.2% | 6 |
| Next year | 4.36 | 4.30 – 4.55 | 3.88 | +12.5% | 847.42M | +5.1% | 6 |
Upgrades and downgrades
The latest rating changes
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Raymond James | Upgrade | Market Perform | Outperform |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Stephens & Co. | Reiterated | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Raymond James | Downgrade | Outperform | Market Perform |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Raymond James | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Raymond James | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Raymond James | Reiterated | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Piper Sandler | Reiterated | Overweight | Overweight |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Stephens & Co. | Downgrade | Overweight | Equal-Weight |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Reiterated | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Stephens & Co. | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Raymond James | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Piper Sandler | Maintained | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Raymond James | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jul 27, 2023 | Raymond James | Maintained | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Stephens & Co. | Reiterated | Overweight | Overweight |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Raymond James | Maintained | — | Outperform |