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PRESS-RELEASE ·Filed May 19, 2026

FRME

First Merchants Corporation
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizonweeks Processed5mo ago WireGlobeNewswire
Press release · Dividend
Actionable Insight • Neutral

Routine quarterly dividend declaration — no signal for earnings, credit quality, or strategic change. Monitor next 10-Q for NII trends and loan growth; the dividend itself provides no actionable trading edge.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizonweeks
Final — all horizons settled through T+60d
FRME ▲ +9.52% at T+60d
NEUTRAL call +9.52% · α vs SPY +3.23% · entry $39.60 → $43.37
Entry = T+0 close
May 19, 2026
via day close
T+1d
+1.29%
call +1.29% · α +0.25%
$40.11
settled 5mo ago
T+5d
+2.15%
call +2.15% · α -0.10%
$40.45
settled 5mo ago
T+20d
+2.50%
call +2.50% · α +1.51%
$40.59
settled 4mo ago
T+60d
+9.52%
call +9.52% · α +3.23%
$43.37
settled 2mo ago

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Executive Summary

First Merchants Corporation declared a $0.37 per share quarterly cash dividend, payable June 19 to shareholders of record June 5. This is a routine capital return action with no change to the dividend policy or any other material financial information.

Key Facts

  • Dividend of $0.37 per common share declared on May 19, 2026
  • Payable on June 19, 2026 to holders of record as of June 5, 2026
  • No change in dividend amount or policy disclosed
  • No other material financial or operational data provided in the release

Financial Impact

Quarterly aggregate dividend of approximately $0.37 per share — no change from prior quarter or year-ago period disclosed

dividend

Risk Factors

  • No earnings or credit- quality information in this filing to assess dividend sustainability
  • Dividend unchanged but not accompanied by earnings update — limited information content

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
National Commercial Banks
Analyst Consensus
75% bullish (12 analysts)

Investment Themes

Traditional Finance

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 press release from GlobeNewswire.

DocumentAccession Number
PRESS-RELEASE Data (Synthetic)press-3297897
17 reports for FRME
Performance horizon

Track record builds as more directional reports settle.

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Reports for FRME — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 21, 2026
5d ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$40.83 $40.68▼ −0.37%▲ +0.15%$40.88 (+0.12%)
Oct 21, 2026
5d ago
Press Release
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$40.83 $40.68▼ −0.37%▲ +0.15%$40.88 (+0.12%)
Oct 15, 2026
11d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$39.48 $39.60▲ +0.30%▲ +1.41%$40.88 (+3.55%)
Oct 15, 2026
11d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$39.48 $39.60▲ +0.30%▲ +1.41%$40.88 (+3.55%)
Oct 1, 2026
26d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$39.58 $40.15▲ +1.44%▲ +0.70%$40.88 (+3.28%)
Oct 1, 2026
26d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$39.58 $40.15▲ +1.44%▲ +0.70%$40.88 (+3.28%)
Sep 30, 2026
27d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$39.78awaiting T+1—$40.88 (+2.77%)
Sep 25, 2026
4w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$40.71 $40.37▼ −0.84%▼ −0.09%$40.88 (+0.42%)
Sep 24, 2026
4w ago
424B5
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$40.71 $40.37▼ −0.84%▼ −0.09%$40.88 (+0.42%)
Sep 23, 2026
4w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$40.49 $40.71▲ +0.56%▲ +0.01%$40.88 (+0.98%)
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Report published May 19, 2026