* First Merchants Corp FRME.OQ reported quarterly adjusted
earnings of 91 cents per share for the quarter ended in March.
The mean expectation of five analysts for the quarter was
for earnings of 88 cents per share.
* Revenue rose 2.9% to $128.18 million from a year ago;
analysts
expected $133.52 million.
* First Merchants Corp's reported EPS for the quarter was 91
cents.
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 5.5%
in the last three months.
* In the last 30 days there have been no negative revisions
of
earnings estimates
* First Merchants Corp shares had risen by 1.0% this
quarter and
gained 0.3% so far this year.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $48.59
million.
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for First
Merchants
Corp is $53.00
* 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 April 27 at 03:28 a.m. All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated