First Payout Ratio from 2010 to 2024

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USD 25.53 0.18 0.71%

First Merchants Payout Ratio yearly trend continues to be relatively stable with very little volatility. Payout Ratio is likely to grow to 0.43 this year. During the period from 2010 to 2024, First Merchants Payout Ratio destribution of quarterly values had range of 0.2651 from its regression line and mean deviation of 0.07. View All Fundamentals

Payout Ratio

First Reported

2010-12-31

Previous Quarter

0.3661355

Current Value

0.43

Quarterly Volatility

0.08272712

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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' Payout Ratio Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Payout Ratio of First Merchants over the last few years. Payout Ratio is the proportion of First Merchants earnings paid out as dividends to shareholders. Payout Ratio is typically expressed as a percentage but can be shown as dividends paid out as a proportion of cash flow. The payout ratio is used to determine the sustainability of First Merchants dividend payments. A lower payout ratio is generally preferable to a higher payout ratio, with a ratio greater than 100% indicating First Merchants is paying out more in dividends than it makes in net income. It is First Merchants' Payout Ratio 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.

Payout Ratio

10 Years Trend

Slightly volatile

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First Payout Ratio Regression Statistics

	Arithmetic Mean	0.29
	Geometric Mean	0.27
	Coefficient Of Variation	28.95
	Mean Deviation	0.07
	Median	0.30
	Standard Deviation	0.08
	Sample Variance	0.01
	Range	0.2651
	R-Value	0.71
	Mean Square Error	0
	R-Squared	0.51
	Significance	0
	Slope	0.01
	Total Sum of Squares	0.1

First Payout Ratio History

	2024	0.43
	2023	0.37
	2021	0.3
	2020	0.38
	2019	0.31
	2018	0.26
	2017	0.33

Other Fundumenentals of First Merchants

Dividend Payout Ratio

First Merchants Payout Ratio component correlations

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Accounts Payable	Common Stock	Good Will	Short Term Investments	Intangible Assets	Current Deferred Revenue	Net Tangible Assets	Long Term Debt	Net Invested Capital	Long Term Investments	Capital Stock	Property Plant Equipment
Total Assets		0.99	0.28	0.99	0.97	1.0	-0.22	0.09	0.75	0.77	0.97	0.84	0.73	0.39	0.9	0.72	0.9	0.89	0.69	0.89
Total Stockholder Equity	0.99		0.24	0.98	0.94	0.99	-0.15	0.03	0.73	0.8	0.97	0.85	0.77	0.44	0.89	0.64	0.85	0.84	0.61	0.87
Net Debt	0.28	0.24		0.26	0.35	0.28	0.05	0.62	0.33	0.35	0.31	0.05	0.37	-0.37	0.0	0.65	0.34	0.08	0.63	0.21
Retained Earnings	0.99	0.98	0.26		0.98	0.99	-0.24	0.01	0.8	0.72	0.98	0.8	0.7	0.45	0.91	0.73	0.91	0.88	0.71	0.9
Net Receivables	0.97	0.94	0.35	0.98		0.97	-0.28	0.02	0.87	0.64	0.98	0.71	0.66	0.44	0.88	0.81	0.93	0.84	0.79	0.9
Total Liab	1.0	0.99	0.28	0.99	0.97		-0.23	0.09	0.75	0.76	0.97	0.83	0.73	0.38	0.9	0.73	0.9	0.89	0.7	0.89
Total Current Assets	-0.22	-0.15	0.05	-0.24	-0.28	-0.23		0.14	-0.22	0.12	-0.24	-0.29	-0.15	0.01	-0.52	-0.51	-0.56	-0.52	-0.48	-0.56
Short Term Debt	0.09	0.03	0.62	0.01	0.02	0.09	0.14		-0.23	0.33	-0.05	0.08	0.08	-0.75	-0.16	0.29	0.05	0.07	0.25	-0.1
Accounts Payable	0.75	0.73	0.33	0.8	0.87	0.75	-0.22	-0.23		0.34	0.83	0.33	0.38	0.67	0.68	0.7	0.78	0.56	0.71	0.75
Common Stock	0.77	0.8	0.35	0.72	0.64	0.76	0.12	0.33	0.34		0.69	0.81	0.77	0.1	0.62	0.47	0.59	0.6	0.47	0.64
Good Will	0.97	0.97	0.31	0.98	0.98	0.97	-0.24	-0.05	0.83	0.69		0.78	0.77	0.46	0.88	0.74	0.9	0.83	0.72	0.9
Short Term Investments	0.84	0.85	0.05	0.8	0.71	0.83	-0.29	0.08	0.33	0.81	0.78		0.81	0.16	0.85	0.48	0.72	0.87	0.45	0.79
Intangible Assets	0.73	0.77	0.37	0.7	0.66	0.73	-0.15	0.08	0.38	0.77	0.77	0.81		0.07	0.63	0.51	0.62	0.62	0.47	0.67
Current Deferred Revenue	0.39	0.44	-0.37	0.45	0.44	0.38	0.01	-0.75	0.67	0.1	0.46	0.16	0.07		0.49	0.04	0.32	0.22	0.08	0.44
Net Tangible Assets	0.9	0.89	0.0	0.91	0.88	0.9	-0.52	-0.16	0.68	0.62	0.88	0.85	0.63	0.49		0.67	0.92	0.94	0.66	0.96
Long Term Debt	0.72	0.64	0.65	0.73	0.81	0.73	-0.51	0.29	0.7	0.47	0.74	0.48	0.51	0.04	0.67		0.9	0.7	0.99	0.79
Net Invested Capital	0.9	0.85	0.34	0.91	0.93	0.9	-0.56	0.05	0.78	0.59	0.9	0.72	0.62	0.32	0.92	0.9		0.9	0.89	0.96
Long Term Investments	0.89	0.84	0.08	0.88	0.84	0.89	-0.52	0.07	0.56	0.6	0.83	0.87	0.62	0.22	0.94	0.7	0.9		0.67	0.88
Capital Stock	0.69	0.61	0.63	0.71	0.79	0.7	-0.48	0.25	0.71	0.47	0.72	0.45	0.47	0.08	0.66	0.99	0.89	0.67		0.78
Property Plant Equipment	0.89	0.87	0.21	0.9	0.9	0.89	-0.56	-0.1	0.75	0.64	0.9	0.79	0.67	0.44	0.96	0.79	0.96	0.88	0.78

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About First Merchants Financial Statements

First Merchants shareholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Payout Ratio, 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 Reported	Projected for Next Year
Payout Ratio	0.37	0.43
Dividend Payout Ratio	0.37	0.43

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.

Moving together with First Stock

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Moving against First Stock

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0.37	TFC-PR	Truist Financial	Pair Corr
0.31	CFG-PE	Citizens Financial	Pair Corr

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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First Payout Ratio from 2010 to 2024

Latest First Merchants' Payout Ratio Growth Pattern

First Payout Ratio Regression Statistics

First Payout Ratio History

Other Fundumenentals of First Merchants

First Merchants Payout Ratio component correlations

About First Merchants Financial Statements

Pair Trading with First Merchants

Moving together with First Stock

Moving against First Stock

Additional Tools for First Stock Analysis

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