FRME Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Fulton Financial has a net margin of 34.52% compared to First Merchants's net margin of 30.61%. First Merchants's return on equity of 9.18% beat Fulton Financial's return on equity of 10.06%.

First Merchants has a consensus price target of $46.00, signalling upside risk potential of 13.78%. On the other hand Fulton Financial has an analysts' consensus of $19.80 which suggests that it could grow by 4.21%. Given that First Merchants has higher upside potential than Fulton Financial, analysts believe First Merchants is more attractive than Fulton Financial.

First Merchants has a beta of 1.025, which suggesting that the stock is 2.471% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.773, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 22.659%.

First Merchants has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.49%. Fulton Financial offers a yield of 3.74% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share. First Merchants pays 41.46% of its earnings as a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 45.61% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

First Merchants quarterly revenues are $160.3M, which are smaller than Fulton Financial quarterly revenues of $324.1M. First Merchants's net income of $55.3M is lower than Fulton Financial's net income of $99.2M. Notably, First Merchants's price-to-earnings ratio is 11.36x while Fulton Financial's PE ratio is 11.11x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for First Merchants is 3.72x versus 2.71x for Fulton Financial. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Huntington Bancshares has a net margin of 34.52% compared to First Merchants's net margin of 27.45%. First Merchants's return on equity of 9.18% beat Huntington Bancshares's return on equity of 10.26%.

First Merchants has a consensus price target of $46.00, signalling upside risk potential of 13.78%. On the other hand Huntington Bancshares has an analysts' consensus of $19.15 which suggests that it could grow by 15.1%. Given that Huntington Bancshares has higher upside potential than First Merchants, analysts believe Huntington Bancshares is more attractive than First Merchants.

First Merchants has a beta of 1.025, which suggesting that the stock is 2.471% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.929, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 7.128%.

First Merchants has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.49%. Huntington Bancshares offers a yield of 3.73% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share. First Merchants pays 41.46% of its earnings as a dividend. Huntington Bancshares pays out 53.92% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

First Merchants quarterly revenues are $160.3M, which are smaller than Huntington Bancshares quarterly revenues of $1.9B. First Merchants's net income of $55.3M is lower than Huntington Bancshares's net income of $527M. Notably, First Merchants's price-to-earnings ratio is 11.36x while Huntington Bancshares's PE ratio is 12.70x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for First Merchants is 3.72x versus 3.26x for Huntington Bancshares. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH) has a net margin of 34.52% compared to First Merchants's net margin of 22.21%. First Merchants's return on equity of 9.18% beat Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH)'s return on equity of 10.15%.

First Merchants has a consensus price target of $46.00, signalling upside risk potential of 13.78%. On the other hand Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH) has an analysts' consensus of $33.17 which suggests that it could grow by 5.56%. Given that First Merchants has higher upside potential than Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH), analysts believe First Merchants is more attractive than Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH).

First Merchants has a beta of 1.025, which suggesting that the stock is 2.471% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH) has a beta of 0.649, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.089%.

First Merchants has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.49%. Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH) offers a yield of 5.12% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share. First Merchants pays 41.46% of its earnings as a dividend. Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH) pays out 47.63% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

First Merchants quarterly revenues are $160.3M, which are larger than Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH) quarterly revenues of $109.6M. First Merchants's net income of $55.3M is higher than Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH)'s net income of $24.3M. Notably, First Merchants's price-to-earnings ratio is 11.36x while Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH)'s PE ratio is 9.97x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for First Merchants is 3.72x versus 2.50x for Peoples Bancorp(Marietta OH). Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

QCR Holdings has a net margin of 34.52% compared to First Merchants's net margin of 34.57%. First Merchants's return on equity of 9.18% beat QCR Holdings's return on equity of 11.66%.

First Merchants has a consensus price target of $46.00, signalling upside risk potential of 13.78%. On the other hand QCR Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $84.80 which suggests that it could grow by 15.31%. Given that QCR Holdings has higher upside potential than First Merchants, analysts believe QCR Holdings is more attractive than First Merchants.

First Merchants has a beta of 1.025, which suggesting that the stock is 2.471% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison QCR Holdings has a beta of 0.800, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 19.996%.

First Merchants has a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.49%. QCR Holdings offers a yield of 0.33% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share. First Merchants pays 41.46% of its earnings as a dividend. QCR Holdings pays out 3.54% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

First Merchants quarterly revenues are $160.3M, which are larger than QCR Holdings quarterly revenues of $74.6M. First Merchants's net income of $55.3M is higher than QCR Holdings's net income of $25.8M. Notably, First Merchants's price-to-earnings ratio is 11.36x while QCR Holdings's PE ratio is 11.06x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for First Merchants is 3.72x versus 3.76x for QCR Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.