First Merchants Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Merchants and Capital Bancorp is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of First Merchants is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

First Merchants Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between First Merchants and DJI is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Merchants and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.

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Moving together with First Stock

0.92	AX	Axos Financial	Pair Corr
0.82	BY	Byline Bancorp	Pair Corr
0.89	RF	Regions Financial	Pair Corr
0.79	VBNK	VersaBank	Pair Corr
0.8	EBMT	Eagle Bancorp Montana	Pair Corr
0.87	EFSC	Enterprise Financial	Pair Corr
0.86	EGBN	Eagle Bancorp	Pair Corr
0.67	WABC	Westamerica Bancorporation	Pair Corr
0.61	WAFD	Washington Federal	Pair Corr
0.83	WASH	Washington Trust Bancorp	Pair Corr
0.61	EQBK	Equity Bancshares,	Pair Corr
0.81	EWBC	East West Bancorp	Pair Corr
0.73	WNEB	Western New England	Pair Corr
0.87	WSBC	WesBanco	Pair Corr
0.7	WSFS	WSFS Financial	Pair Corr
0.79	WTFC	Wintrust Financial	Pair Corr
0.68	FBIZ	First Business Financial	Pair Corr
0.63	FBLA	FB Bancorp, Common	Pair Corr
0.85	FBNC	First Bancorp	Pair Corr
0.7	FCAP	First Capital	Pair Corr
0.93	FCBC	First Community Banc	Pair Corr
0.78	FCCO	First Community	Pair Corr
0.62	FDBC	Fidelity DD Bancorp	Pair Corr
0.93	FFBC	First Financial Bancorp	Pair Corr

Moving against First Stock

0.65	601997	Bank of Guiyang	Pair Corr
0.38	002142	Bank of Ningbo	Pair Corr
0.36	601658	Postal Savings Bank	Pair Corr
0.5	FRMEP	First Merchants	Pair Corr

Related Correlations Analysis

	CBNK	PFIS	RRBI	UNTY	PGC	AROW	BHB	ACNB	COFS	NFBK
CBNK		0.37	-0.06	0.32	0.63	-0.19	0.37	-0.22	-0.01	0.67	CBNK
PFIS	0.37		0.85	0.94	0.84	0.69	0.94	0.76	0.82	0.85	PFIS
RRBI	-0.06	0.85		0.85	0.61	0.84	0.87	0.94	0.89	0.6	RRBI
UNTY	0.32	0.94	0.85		0.87	0.68	0.92	0.77	0.75	0.87	UNTY
PGC	0.63	0.84	0.61	0.87		0.35	0.84	0.45	0.51	0.94	PGC
AROW	-0.19	0.69	0.84	0.68	0.35		0.72	0.94	0.86	0.42	AROW
BHB	0.37	0.94	0.87	0.92	0.84	0.72		0.77	0.83	0.87	BHB
ACNB	-0.22	0.76	0.94	0.77	0.45	0.94	0.77		0.88	0.46	ACNB
COFS	-0.01	0.82	0.89	0.75	0.51	0.86	0.83	0.88		0.54	COFS
NFBK	0.67	0.85	0.6	0.87	0.94	0.42	0.87	0.46	0.54		NFBK
	CBNK	PFIS	RRBI	UNTY	PGC	AROW	BHB	ACNB	COFS	NFBK

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

UNTY	+ 0.94	PFIS
BHB	+ 0.94	PFIS
ACNB	+ 0.94	RRBI
NFBK	+ 0.94	PGC
ACNB	+ 0.94	AROW
BHB	+ 0.92	UNTY

High negative correlations

ACNB	- 0.22	CBNK
AROW	- 0.19	CBNK
RRBI	- 0.06	CBNK
COFS	- 0.01	CBNK

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Stock performing well and First Merchants Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze First Merchants' multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.

	Mean Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
CBNK	1.06	(0.24)	0.00	(0.20)	0.00	0.00	2.67	(2.88)	6.99
PFIS	1.30	(0.07)	(0.04)	0.00	1.78	(1.27)	3.04	(2.33)	9.46
RRBI	1.26	0.08	0.06	0.14	1.41	(1.39)	3.16	(2.59)	7.75
UNTY	1.46	0.00	0.00	0.07	1.94	(1.59)	3.47	(3.14)	11.20
PGC	1.58	(0.07)	(0.02)	0.02	2.24	(1.83)	3.97	(3.17)	14.41
AROW	1.51	0.08	0.05	0.16	1.54	(1.71)	3.27	(2.89)	9.60
BHB	1.33	(0.02)	(0.01)	0.05	1.73	(1.39)	3.07	(2.99)	8.17
ACNB	1.20	0.14	0.08	0.31	1.26	(1.32)	2.45	(2.48)	6.18
COFS	1.34	(0.02)	0.00	0.06	1.73	(1.67)	4.04	(3.59)	17.01
NFBK	1.45	(0.05)	(0.01)	0.03	1.94	(1.55)	3.24	(3.20)	9.28

First Merchants Corporate Management

Michael Stewart	Chief Banking Officer and Executive VP	Profile
John Martin	Chief Credit Officer and Executive VP	Profile
Julie Crabtree	Corporate VP	Profile
Marcos CFA	Chief Officer	Profile
Karen Evens	VP Marketing	Profile

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