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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 slightly 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
  • Shares are neither being accumulated heavily nor sold heavily by financial institutions. Neutral for a small company like FRME
  • The enterprise value-to-sales ratio is approximately in line with that of comparably-sized companies in the StockScouter universe. Neutral

 

Concerns

  • One or more analysts has modestly decreased quarterly earnings estimates for FRME. 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: 40% done.
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Core Model Grades

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Previous Ratings

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