First Merchants Stock Five Year Return

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USD 44.03 0.63 1.45%

First Merchants fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to First Merchants' financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of First Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure First Merchants' intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to First Merchants stock.

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First Merchants Company Five Year Return Analysis

First Merchants' Five Year Return is considered one of the best measures to evaluate fund performance, especially from the mid and long term perspective. It shows the total annualized return generated from holding equity for the last five years and represents capital appreciation of the investment, including all dividends, losses, and capital gains distributions.

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Current First Merchants Five Year Return

2.58 %

Most of First Merchants' fundamental indicators, such as Five Year Return, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, First Merchants is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.

First Five Year Return Driver Correlations

Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for First Merchants is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of First Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Five Year Return. Since First Merchants' main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of First Merchants' historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of First Merchants' interrelated accounts and indicators.

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Accounts Payable	Good Will	Common Stock	Long Term Debt	Short Term Investments	Intangible Assets	Property Plant Equipment	Net Tangible Assets	Capital Surpluse	Long Term Investments	Short Long Term Debt	Long Term Debt Total	Earning Assets	Current Deferred Revenue	Net Invested Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.99	0.28	0.99	0.97	1.0	-0.22	0.08	0.75	0.99	0.77	0.86	0.92	0.8	0.66	0.89	0.89	0.32	0.55	0.86	0.83	0.39	0.89	0.69
Total Stockholder Equity	0.99		0.24	0.98	0.94	0.99	-0.15	0.01	0.73	0.99	0.8	0.81	0.93	0.82	0.67	0.91	0.9	0.39	0.56	0.8	0.84	0.44	0.84	0.61
Net Debt	0.28	0.24		0.26	0.35	0.28	0.05	0.61	0.33	0.33	0.35	0.46	0.08	0.28	0.39	0.17	0.35	-0.16	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.37	0.35	0.63
Retained Earnings	0.99	0.98	0.26		0.98	0.99	-0.24	0.01	0.8	0.99	0.72	0.86	0.89	0.81	0.62	0.87	0.87	0.28	0.53	0.89	0.82	0.45	0.9	0.71
Net Receivables	0.97	0.94	0.35	0.98		0.97	-0.28	0.02	0.87	0.98	0.64	0.89	0.81	0.8	0.55	0.79	0.83	0.19	0.5	0.94	0.76	0.44	0.92	0.79
Total Liab	1.0	0.99	0.28	0.99	0.97		-0.23	0.09	0.75	0.98	0.76	0.86	0.91	0.8	0.65	0.88	0.88	0.31	0.55	0.87	0.83	0.38	0.89	0.7
Total Current Assets	-0.22	-0.15	0.05	-0.24	-0.28	-0.23		0.17	-0.22	-0.17	0.12	-0.16	-0.22	-0.22	0.16	-0.17	-0.17	-0.09	0.11	-0.47	-0.45	0.01	-0.56	-0.48
Short Term Debt	0.08	0.01	0.61	0.01	0.02	0.09	0.17		-0.19	0.02	0.29	0.17	0.06	-0.11	0.38	-0.03	0.03	-0.17	0.12	0.0	-0.1	-0.7	0.04	0.23
Accounts Payable	0.75	0.73	0.33	0.8	0.87	0.75	-0.22	-0.19		0.81	0.34	0.71	0.46	0.65	0.34	0.5	0.58	0.03	0.37	0.85	0.49	0.67	0.75	0.71
Good Will	0.99	0.99	0.33	0.99	0.98	0.98	-0.17	0.02	0.81		0.75	0.86	0.87	0.84	0.64	0.86	0.89	0.31	0.55	0.86	0.8	0.45	0.87	0.7
Common Stock	0.77	0.8	0.35	0.72	0.64	0.76	0.12	0.29	0.34	0.75		0.58	0.81	0.51	0.92	0.9	0.9	0.41	0.55	0.43	0.78	0.1	0.61	0.47
Long Term Debt	0.86	0.81	0.46	0.86	0.89	0.86	-0.16	0.17	0.71	0.86	0.58		0.67	0.66	0.48	0.67	0.72	0.11	0.49	0.88	0.6	0.24	0.81	0.77
Short Term Investments	0.92	0.93	0.08	0.89	0.81	0.91	-0.22	0.06	0.46	0.87	0.81	0.67		0.73	0.63	0.93	0.87	0.45	0.48	0.66	0.89	0.26	0.76	0.47
Intangible Assets	0.8	0.82	0.28	0.81	0.8	0.8	-0.22	-0.11	0.65	0.84	0.51	0.66	0.73		0.35	0.7	0.73	0.45	0.5	0.67	0.63	0.32	0.67	0.48
Property Plant Equipment	0.66	0.67	0.39	0.62	0.55	0.65	0.16	0.38	0.34	0.64	0.92	0.48	0.63	0.35		0.75	0.77	0.39	0.6	0.37	0.64	0.12	0.54	0.47
Net Tangible Assets	0.89	0.91	0.17	0.87	0.79	0.88	-0.17	-0.03	0.5	0.86	0.9	0.67	0.93	0.7	0.75		0.97	0.44	0.55	0.63	0.94	0.31	0.79	0.55
Capital Surpluse	0.89	0.9	0.35	0.87	0.83	0.88	-0.17	0.03	0.58	0.89	0.9	0.72	0.87	0.73	0.77	0.97		0.36	0.55	0.67	0.92	0.27	0.83	0.67
Long Term Investments	0.32	0.39	-0.16	0.28	0.19	0.31	-0.09	-0.17	0.03	0.31	0.41	0.11	0.45	0.45	0.39	0.44	0.36		0.5	0.05	0.43	0.24	0.17	-0.14
Short Long Term Debt	0.55	0.56	0.3	0.53	0.5	0.55	0.11	0.12	0.37	0.55	0.55	0.49	0.48	0.5	0.6	0.55	0.55	0.5		0.38	0.41	0.18	0.41	0.3
Long Term Debt Total	0.86	0.8	0.3	0.89	0.94	0.87	-0.47	0.0	0.85	0.86	0.43	0.88	0.66	0.67	0.37	0.63	0.67	0.05	0.38		0.67	0.39	0.93	0.85
Earning Assets	0.83	0.84	0.1	0.82	0.76	0.83	-0.45	-0.1	0.49	0.8	0.78	0.6	0.89	0.63	0.64	0.94	0.92	0.43	0.41	0.67		0.3	0.86	0.62
Current Deferred Revenue	0.39	0.44	-0.37	0.45	0.44	0.38	0.01	-0.7	0.67	0.45	0.1	0.24	0.26	0.32	0.12	0.31	0.27	0.24	0.18	0.39	0.3		0.29	0.08
Net Invested Capital	0.89	0.84	0.35	0.9	0.92	0.89	-0.56	0.04	0.75	0.87	0.61	0.81	0.76	0.67	0.54	0.79	0.83	0.17	0.41	0.93	0.86	0.29		0.9
Capital Stock	0.69	0.61	0.63	0.71	0.79	0.7	-0.48	0.23	0.71	0.7	0.47	0.77	0.47	0.48	0.47	0.55	0.67	-0.14	0.3	0.85	0.62	0.08	0.9

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Although Five Year Returns can give a sense of overall investment potential, it is recommended to compare equity performance with similar assets for the same five year time interval. Similarly, comparing overall investment performance over the last five years with the appropriate market index is a great way to determine how this equity instrument will perform during unforeseen market fluctuations.

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Return On Tangible Assets

0.0127

At present, First Merchants' Return On Tangible Assets are projected to increase slightly based on the last few years of reporting.

According to the company disclosure, First Merchants has a Five Year Return of 2.58%. This is much higher than that of the Banks sector and significantly higher than that of the Financials industry. The five year return for all United States stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

First Five Year Return Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses First Merchants' direct or indirect competition against its Five Year Return to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of First Merchants could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing First Merchants by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.

First Merchants is currently under evaluation in five year return category among its peers.

First Merchants Current Valuation Drivers

We derive many important indicators used in calculating different scores of First Merchants from analyzing First Merchants' financial statements. These drivers represent accounts that assess First Merchants' ability to generate profits relative to its revenue, operating costs, and shareholders' equity. Below are some of First Merchants' important valuation drivers and their relationship over time.

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Market Cap	2.1B	2.0B	2.3B	2.4B	2.2B	2.3B
Enterprise Value	2.3B	1.9B	2.1B	3.1B	3.0B	3.1B

First Merchants ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, First Merchants' sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to First Merchants' managers, analysts, and investors.

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First Fundamentals

	Return On Equity	0.0817
	Return On Asset	0.0099
	Profit Margin	0.30 %
	Operating Margin	0.42 %
	Current Valuation	3.17 B
	Shares Outstanding	58.67 M
	Shares Owned By Insiders	1.56 %
	Shares Owned By Institutions	75.49 %
	Number Of Shares Shorted	469.91 K
	Price To Earning	14.38 X
	Price To Book	1.10 X
	Price To Sales	4.29 X
	Revenue	654.31 M
	Gross Profit	611.39 M
	EBITDA	270.94 M
	Net Income	223.79 M
	Cash And Equivalents	299.12 M
	Cash Per Share	5.06 X
	Total Debt	871.5 M
	Debt To Equity	6.95 %
	Book Value Per Share	39.18 X
	Cash Flow From Operations	258.83 M
	Short Ratio	1.74 X
	Earnings Per Share	3.01 X
	Price To Earnings To Growth	2.68 X
	Target Price	44.0
	Number Of Employees	2.16 K
	Beta	1.02
	Market Capitalization	2.55 B
	Total Asset	18.41 B
	Retained Earnings	1.15 B
	Annual Yield	0.03 %
	Five Year Return	2.58 %
	Net Asset	18.41 B
	Last Dividend Paid	1.38

About First Merchants Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze First Merchants's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of First Merchants using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of First Merchants based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

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When determining whether First Merchants is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if First Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about First Merchants Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about First Merchants Stock:

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Is Regional Banks space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of First Merchants. If investors know First will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about First Merchants listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.

Quarterly Earnings Growth

(0.11)

Dividend Share

1.38

Earnings Share

3.01

Revenue Per Share

10.11

Quarterly Revenue Growth

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The market value of First Merchants is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of First that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of First Merchants' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is First Merchants' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because First Merchants' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect First Merchants' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.

Please note, there is a significant difference between First Merchants' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Merchants is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Merchants' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.

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First Merchants Stock Five Year Return

First Merchants Company Five Year Return Analysis

Five Year Return

(Mean of Monthly Returns - 1)

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100%

Current First Merchants Five Year Return

First Five Year Return Driver Correlations

First Return On Tangible Assets

Return On Tangible Assets

0.0127

First Five Year Return Peer Comparison

First Merchants Current Valuation Drivers

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