first merchants - FRME

FRME

Close Chg Chg %
42.06 -0.89 -2.12%

Pre-Market

41.17

-0.89 (2.12%)

Volume: 435.33K

Last Updated:

Sep 8, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: first merchants - FRME

FRME Key Data

Open

$41.87

Day Range

41.10 - 41.92

52 Week Range

34.66 - 45.32

Market Cap

$2.64B

Shares Outstanding

62.80M

Public Float

61.45M

Beta

0.85

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

13.51

EPS

$3.13

Yield

344.75%

Dividend

$0.37

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 4, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

354.68K

 

FRME Performance

1 Week
 
-2.12%
 
1 Month
 
-3.33%
 
3 Months
 
-2.19%
 
1 Year
 
2.85%
 
5 Years
 
6.55%
 

FRME Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 6
Full Ratings ➔

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 48.00
Number of Ratings 6 Current Quarters Estimate 1.038
FY Report Date 09 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 3.235
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.70 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.88 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.482
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 6 6 6 6
Mean Estimate 1.04 1.05 3.24 4.48
High Estimates 1.09 1.10 3.34 4.62
Low Estimate 0.93 0.96 3.09 4.40
Coefficient of Variance 5.56 4.65 3.10 2.10

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 4 4 4
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 2 2 2
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for First Merchants - FRME

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jul 3, 2026 Michael C. Rechin Director 90,424 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $43.69 per share 3,950,624.56
Jul 3, 2026 Larry W. Myers Director 90,269 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $43.69 per share 3,943,852.61
Jul 3, 2026 Michael R. Becher Director 29,699 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $43.69 per share 1,297,549.31
Jul 3, 2026 Paul Fultz Director 518 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $43.69 per share 22,631.42
Feb 13, 2026 Stephan H. Fluhler Chief Information Officer 22,000 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $41.96 per share 923,120.00
Sep 23, 2025 Mark K. Hardwick Chief Executive Officer; Director 3,260 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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