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FRME — FIRST MERCHANTS CORP

US Financials Banks equity mkt cap 2.6B
42.03 +0.21% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 34.99 · high 45.23

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Performance

1 day+0.21%
1 week-3.82%
1 month+0.33%
3 months+4.47%
6 months-0.80%
Year to date+12.08%
1 year+6.41%
3 years+38.39%
5 years-2.03%

Technicals

RSI 1431.6
vs 50-day avg-2.07%
vs 200-day avg+5.25%
Volatility 1y24.0%
Max drawdown 1y-16.45%
Avg volume 30d433.0K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)4.33%
Paid last 12m1.8200
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-02

Measured signals that fired on FRME

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-20Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-23Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-26Volume shock without a price move
price
-1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-24Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-12Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-24Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-19FLUHLER STEPHAN
Chief Information Officer
Open-market sale4.1K43.20176.3K
2026-08-03HARDWICK MARK K
Chief Executive Officer
Grant or award21.0K43.63916.2K
2026-08-03Stewart Michael J
President
Grant or award16.0K43.63698.1K
2026-08-03Kawiecki Michele
Chief Financial Officer
Grant or award13.0K43.63567.2K
2026-08-03Peterson Joseph C
Chief Commercial Officer
Grant or award8.0K43.63349.0K
2026-08-03MARTIN JOHN
Chief Credit Officer
Grant or award8.0K43.63349.0K
2026-08-03FLUHLER STEPHAN
Chief Information Officer
Grant or award5.0K43.63218.2K
2026-08-03Scurlock Eva D.
Chief Risk Officer
Grant or award4.0K43.63174.5K
2026-08-03Harris Steven C
Chief Human Resources Officer
Grant or award3.0K43.63130.9K
2026-08-03Scurlock Eva D.
Chief Risk Officer
Grant or award70043.6330.5K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.189.8M4.9M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP139.3M3.6M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC130.1M3.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC105.8M2.7M
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC87.4M2.3M
STATE STREET CORP86.7M2.2M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC61.0M1.6M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC44.0M1.1M
Nuveen, LLC40.4M1.0M
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP39.0M1.0M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
1442026-08-19on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-142026-08-14on EDGAR ↗
4/A2026-08-122026-08-02on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-042026-08-02on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-042026-08-02on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-042026-08-02on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-042026-08-02on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-042026-08-02on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d57.6% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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