* First Merchants Corp FRME.OQ reported quarterly adjusted
earnings of 91 cents per share for the quarter ended in March.
The mean expectation of six analysts for the quarter was
for earnings of 76 cents per share.
* Revenue rose 0.7% to $124.52 million from a year ago;
analysts expected $129.94 million.
* First Merchants Corp's reported EPS for the quarter was 91
cents.
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 14.3% in the last three months.
* In the last 30 days one analyst negatively revised an earnings
estimate and
* First Merchants Corp shares had fallen by 1.4% this
quarter and gained 22.6% so far this year.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $49.47 million.
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for First Merchants
Corp is $50.00
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and
the breakdown of recommendations is 4 "strong buy" or "buy," 2
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."
This summary was machine generated April 22 at 04:09 p.m. GMT.
All figures in US Dollars.