First Merchants Corporation reports results for the quarter ended September 30 - Earnings Summary

First Merchants

Wed 22:03

First Merchants Corporation FRME.OQ reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.10​​ per share for the quarter ended September 30, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 98 cents.  The mean expectation of six analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $1.04 per share. Wall Street expected results to range from $1.02  to $1.06 per share.
Revenue rose 23.6% to $205.33 million from a year ago; analysts expected $203.60 million. 
First Merchants Corporation's reported EPS for the quarter was $1.09​.
The company reported quarterly net income of $67.85 million.
First Merchants Corporation shares had risen by 0.8% this quarter and gained 7.0% so far this year.
FORECAST CHANGES
The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by about 3.2% in the last three months.​ 
In the last 30 days, two analysts negatively revised earnings estimates
RECOMMENDATIONS
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 5 "strong buy" or "buy," 1 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." The average consensus recommendation for the banks peer group is also "buy" 
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for First Merchants Corporation is $46.00, about 12.8% above its last closing price of $40.11
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data October 21 at 09:03 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)
QUARTER ENDING
ESTIMATE 
ACTUAL
BEAT, MET, MISSED
Sep. 30 2026 
1.04
1.10
Beat
Jun. 30 2026 
1.03
0.74
Missed
Mar. 31 2026 
0.93
1.03
Beat
Dec. 31 2025 
0.95
0.98
Beat