Both in Banking & Credit

First Merchants vs Banner

Over the past year FRME returned +14.8% and BANR returned +16.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.77.

FRME +14.8% BANR +16.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFRMEBANR
Price$41.04$70.74
Market cap$2.57B$2.59B
Today−0.77%−1.09%
1 month+3.2%+5.0%
6 months+1.2%+8.9%
Year to date+9.5%+12.9%
1 year+15.7%+17.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.8%+1.3%
Gross margin65.9%77.8%
Net margin22.5%22.1%
P/E (TTM)13.1×12.4×
Price / sales2.3×2.9×
Net cash$2.46B$2.89B
Dividend yield3.61%2.94%
Volatility (60d)16.5%18.3%
Short % of float3.7%4.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).