First Merchants Correlations

FRMEP Stock  USD 26.12  0.14  0.54%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Merchants and Merchants Bancorp is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of First Merchants is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Merchants Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between First Merchants and DJI is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Merchants and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
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Moving against First Stock

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Stock performing well and First Merchants Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze First Merchants' multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
MBIN  1.23 (0.13) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 2.56 
 8.30 
SRCE  1.09 (0.07)(0.04) 0.01  1.34 
 2.23 
 8.24 
LKFN  1.24 (0.18) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 2.84 
 10.49 
FCF  1.12 (0.15) 0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 2.47 
 10.68 
STBA  1.14 (0.05)(0.02) 0.03  1.42 
 2.11 
 9.94 
GABC  1.04 (0.10) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 2.54 
 8.13 
BLX  0.92 (0.06)(0.05)(0.01) 1.38 
 1.75 
 8.66 
STEL  1.14 (0.06)(0.02) 0.02  1.58 
 2.73 
 11.18 
TCBK  1.13  0.00  0.02  0.06  1.43 
 2.77 
 10.62 
WAFD  1.01 (0.08) 0.00 (0.01) 0.00 
 2.35 
 8.84 

First Merchants Corporate Management

Julie CrabtreeCorporate VPProfile
Michael RechinAdvisor DirectorProfile
Marcos CFAChief OfficerProfile
Michael StewartPresidentProfile
Steven HarrisSenior OfficerProfile
John MartinExecutive OfficerProfile
Karen EvensVP MarketingProfile