First Cash from 2010 to 2024

FRMEP Stock  USD 25.53  0.18  0.71%   
First Merchants Cash yearly trend continues to be relatively stable with very little volatility. Cash is likely to grow to about 151.4 M this year. Cash is the total amount of money in the form of currency that First Merchants has in its possession. This includes all bills, coins, and funds in bank accounts. View All Fundamentals
 
Cash  
First Reported
1989-09-30
Previous Quarter
273.9 M
Current Value
443.8 M
Quarterly Volatility
147.3 M
 
Oil Shock
 
Dot-com Bubble
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
Check First Merchants financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among First Merchants' main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Other Operating Expenses of 773.8 M, Operating Income of 272.2 M or EBIT of 272.2 M, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 2.73, Dividend Yield of 0.0353 or PTB Ratio of 1.46. First financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with First Merchants Valuation or Volatility modules.
  
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Latest First Merchants' Cash Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Cash of First Merchants over the last few years. Cash refers to the most liquid asset of First Merchants, which is listed under current asset account on First Merchants balance sheet and usually includes currency, coins, checking accounts, and not deposited checks received from First Merchants customers. The amounts must be unrestricted with restricted cash listed in a different First Merchants account. It is the total amount of money in the form of currency that a company has in its possession. This includes all bills, coins, and funds in bank accounts. First Merchants' Cash historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in First Merchants' overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.
Cash10 Years Trend
Slightly volatile
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First Cash Regression Statistics

Arithmetic Mean223,149,695
Geometric Mean184,515,615
Coefficient Of Variation75.18
Mean Deviation117,069,496
Median164,503,000
Standard Deviation167,770,499
Sample Variance28146.9T
Range578.4M
R-Value0.44
Mean Square Error24519T
R-Squared0.19
Significance0.10
Slope16,400,179
Total Sum of Squares394057.2T

First Cash History

2024151.4 M
2023112.6 M
2022248.7 M
2021641.3 M
2020585.2 M
2019295.5 M
2018176.2 M

Other Fundumenentals of First Merchants

First Merchants Cash component correlations

About First Merchants Financial Statements

First Merchants shareholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Cash, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although First Merchants investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. The changes in First Merchants' assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses on on First Merchants' income statement. Understanding these patterns can help investors time the market effectively. Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Cash112.6 M151.4 M
Cash And Short Term Investments1.7 B1.8 B
Change In Cash-9.9 M-9.4 M
Free Cash Flow258.8 M271.8 M
Begin Period Cash Flow122.6 M105.8 M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities440.6 M564.6 M
Other Non Cash Items16 M14 M
Total Cash From Operating Activities258.8 M271.8 M
Total Cash From Financing Activities75.6 M71.9 M
End Period Cash Flow112.6 M116.4 M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities-401.8 M-421.9 M
Other Cashflows From Investing Activities15 M15.7 M
Free Cash Flow Yield 0.12  0.09 
Operating Cash Flow Per Share 4.36  4.58 
Free Cash Flow Per Share 4.36  4.58 
Cash Per Share 29.34  30.80 
Capex To Operating Cash Flow 0.28  0.26 
EV To Operating Cash Flow 11.43  10.68 
EV To Free Cash Flow 11.43  12.10 
Price To Operating Cash Flows Ratio 8.50  8.16 
Price To Free Cash Flows Ratio 8.50  8.93 
Cash Ratio 29.72  25.39 
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio 0.40  0.29 
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.79  0.83 
Cash Flow Coverage Ratios 0.30  0.19 
Price Cash Flow Ratio 8.50  8.16 
Cash Flow To Debt Ratio 0.30  0.19 
Cash Conversion Cycle(781.07)(820.12)

Pair Trading with First Merchants

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if First Merchants position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in First Merchants will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to First Merchants could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace First Merchants when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back First Merchants - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling First Merchants to buy it.
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 perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as First Merchants moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if First Merchants moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for First Merchants can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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