* First Merchants Corp FRME.OQ reported quarterly adjusted
earnings of 89 cents per share for the quarter ended in
December. The mean expectation of six analysts for the quarter
was for earnings of 93 cents per share.
* Revenue fell 2.1% to $127.12 million from a year ago;
analysts
expected $136.45 million.
* First Merchants Corp's reported EPS for the quarter was 89
cents.
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 0.4%
in the last three months.
* In the last 30 days there have been no earnings estimate
revisions by analysts covering the company.
* First Merchants Corp shares had risen by 5.5% this
quarter.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $47.73
million.
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for First
Merchants
Corp is $49.00
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 6 "strong buy" or "buy," no
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."
This summary was machine generated January 27 at 03:13 p.m.
All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated