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FRME FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION StockScouter® Report

8

StockScouter® Score

FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION, a small cap growth company in the finance sector, is expected to outperform the market over the next six months with less than average risk

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Summary

Positives

  • Earnings growth in the past year has accelerated rapidly compared to earnings growth in the past three years. Positive
  • The multi-period measure of relative price change and consistency is above average. Positive/Neutral
  • One or more less experienced analysts has modestly increased quarterly earnings estimates for FRME. Positive/Neutral

 

Concerns

  • The enterprise value-to-sales ratio is higher than the average for comparably-sized companies in the StockScouter universe. Negative

 

Short-term Outlook

Over the next 1-2 months, StockScouter forecasts that small cap stocks will be out of favor, growth stocks will be neutral, and finance stocks will be out of favor.

Expected Risk/Return

Progress: 20% done.
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Core Model Grades

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C
B

Previous Ratings

7
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5

 

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