First Merchants Corporation (FRME) Stock Analysis
Breakout setup
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.82, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.3% away).
First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana with $19B in assets and 111 banking locations across Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan, operating a single community banking segment through First Merchants Bank. It completed acquisition of... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.82, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.3% away). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 63, MACD bullish. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 40d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-12Recent Developments — First Merchants Corporation
Latest news
- NEWS First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Reports Sales Below Analyst Estimates In Q1 CY2026 Earnings - StockStory — StockStory negative
- NEWS First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Reports Sales Below Analyst Estimates In Q1 CY2026 Earnings - TradingView — TradingView negative
- NEWS First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Reports Sales Below Analyst Estimates In Q1 CY2026 Earnings - FinancialContent — FinancialContent negative
- NEWS First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS FIRST MERCHANTS ($FRME) Releases Q1 2026 Earnings - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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- MEDIUMregulatoryFDIC and Indiana DFI10-K Item 1: 'The Bank is subject to the primary regulatory oversight, supervision and examination of the FDIC and the Indiana DFI'
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.82, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.3% away). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 63, MACD bullish. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Target $41.18 (-1.5%), stop $40.03 (−4.5%), A.R:R -0.1:1. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $41.18 (-1.5% upside). Target $41.18 (-1.5%), stop $40.03 (−4.5%), A.R:R -0.1:1. Stop-loss: $40.03.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.3% away).
First Merchants Corporation trades at a P/E of 12.2 (forward 9.0). TrendMatrix value score: 7.9/10. Verdict: Hold.
12 analysts cover FRME with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $48.
What does First Merchants Corporation do?First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana with $19B in assets and 111...
First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana with $19B in assets and 111 banking locations across Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan, operating a single community banking segment through First Merchants Bank. It completed acquisition of First Savings Financial Group (Jeffersonville, IN; $2.4B assets) on February 1, 2026.