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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 moderately compared to earnings growth in the past three years. Positive
- An executive, director or major shareholder purchased a small number shares recently. Postive/Neutral
- Shares are neither being accumulated heavily nor sold heavily by financial institutions. Neutral for a small company like FRME
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 out of favor, and finance stocks will be out of favor.
Expected Risk/Return
Core Model Grades
B
B
C
C