Both in Banking & Credit

First Bancorp/NC vs First Merchants

Over the past year FBNC returned +32.0% and FRME returned +15.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.76.

FBNC +32.0% FRME +15.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFBNCFRME
Price$64.23$41.09
Market cap$2.66B$2.58B
Today+1.37%+1.06%
1 month+5.1%+3.3%
6 months+11.2%+1.6%
Year to date+26.5%+9.6%
1 year+29.8%+12.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.8%+14.2%
Gross margin77.5%65.8%
Net margin30.7%14.6%
P/E (TTM)20.0×14.0×
Price / sales4.6×2.4×
Net cash$2.92B$2.48B
Dividend yield1.49%3.60%
Volatility (60d)21.8%16.0%
Short % of float5.2%3.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).