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First Merchants Corp

The past year was a profitable year for the First Merchants Corp investors

Over the last 12 months, that were profitable period for the investors in First Merchants Corp, the stock gained around 44 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock rose around 326 percent. First Merchants Corp's net results between 2011 and 2015 were quite unstable and moved between 25,25 million dollars and 65,38 million dollars.

First Merchants Corp is mostly active in the financial services sector. Between 2006 and 2016 the global financial companies gained around 15 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 38 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a minus of 15 percent.

First Merchants Corp paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average the First Merchants Corp stock yielded a delivered a dividend yield of around 1,02 percent over the past 5 years. Over the period 2011-2015 First Merchants Corp raised it's dividends per share each year. So we could call First Merchants Corp a kind of dividend aristocrat.

First Merchants Corp' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the financial company's balance sheet was worth 6,76 billion dollars. Last year the total debt of the company was 5,91 billion dollars. This equals around 87,42 percent of the total balance sheet. As per the end of 2015 First Merchants Corp's price/earnings-ratio equaled 13. So investors paid for 1 stock 13 times the earnings per share of 2015. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the American company's market capitalization equaled around 942,38 million dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 37,82 million stocks listed.

All the annual reports of First Merchants Corp are available here. More information about First Merchants Corp can be found it's website. .