Compare Stocks: AMAL, EBC, FRME, and IBCP

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	$47.87 -1.3%	$48.58	$25.13 ▼ $51.59	$1.43B	0.79	175,855 shs	493,525 shs
EBC Eastern Bankshares	$21.60 -0.3%	$22.67	$16.61 ▼ $23.77	$4.94B	0.66	1.76 million shs	2.47 million shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.11 +0.0%	$42.69	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.58B	0.84	333,160 shs	320,168 shs
IBCP Independent Bank	$37.07 -0.2%	$37.18	$29.83 ▼ $39.24	$822.92M	0.7	157,111 shs	160,817 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	0.00%	-2.64%	-6.28%	+7.21%	+68.20%
EBC Eastern Bankshares	0.00%	-2.88%	-8.16%	+4.10%	+27.43%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	-2.26%	-5.21%	-2.33%	+2.21%
IBCP Independent Bank	0.00%	-0.80%	-3.61%	+4.48%	+16.06%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	$47.87 -1.3%	$48.58	$25.13 ▼ $51.59	$1.43B	0.79	175,855 shs	493,525 shs
EBC Eastern Bankshares	$21.60 -0.3%	$22.67	$16.61 ▼ $23.77	$4.94B	0.66	1.76 million shs	2.47 million shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.11 +0.0%	$42.69	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.58B	0.84	333,160 shs	320,168 shs
IBCP Independent Bank	$37.07 -0.2%	$37.18	$29.83 ▼ $39.24	$822.92M	0.7	157,111 shs	160,817 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	0.00%	-2.64%	-6.28%	+7.21%	+68.20%
EBC Eastern Bankshares	0.00%	-2.88%	-8.16%	+4.10%	+27.43%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	-2.26%	-5.21%	-2.33%	+2.21%
IBCP Independent Bank	0.00%	-0.80%	-3.61%	+4.48%	+16.06%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	2.60	Moderate Buy	$54.00	12.81% Upside
EBC Eastern Bankshares	2.67	Moderate Buy	$24.86	15.08% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	19.19% Upside
IBCP Independent Bank	2.40	Hold	$39.50	6.56% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AMAL, EBC, FRME, and IBCP Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/4/2026	IBCP Independent Bank	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
9/3/2026	AMAL Amalgamated Financial	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$55.00
8/7/2026	EBC Eastern Bankshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/5/2026	AMAL Amalgamated Financial	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/3/2026	FRME First Merchants	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
7/28/2026	EBC Eastern Bankshares	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$24.00
7/27/2026	EBC Eastern Bankshares	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$25.00 ➝ $26.00
7/27/2026	IBCP Independent Bank	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$37.00 ➝ $42.00
7/27/2026	EBC Eastern Bankshares	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$24.00 ➝ $26.00
7/27/2026	AMAL Amalgamated Financial	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$48.00 ➝ $53.00
7/27/2026	EBC Eastern Bankshares	Hovde Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$23.50 ➝ $26.00

(Data available from 9/13/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	$453.17M	3.16	$3.96 per share	12.10	$26.54 per share	1.80
EBC Eastern Bankshares	$1.33B	3.72	$1.77 per share	12.17	$20.59 per share	1.05
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.45	$4.43 per share	9.29	$42.22 per share	0.97
IBCP Independent Bank	$229.91M	3.58	$3.79 per share	9.78	$24.31 per share	1.52

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	$104.45M	$3.75	12.77	10.34	N/A	23.34%	14.30%	1.27%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
EBC Eastern Bankshares	$88.22M	$1.76	12.27	10.14	N/A	25.12%	8.71%	1.24%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.18	9.24	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
IBCP Independent Bank	$68.54M	$3.44	10.78	9.58	N/A	22.32%	14.12%	1.29%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AMAL, EBC, FRME, and IBCP Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	AMAL Amalgamated Financial	$1.00	$1.10	+$0.10	$1.15	$92.09 million	$96.10 million
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	EBC Eastern Bankshares	$0.4622	$0.49	+$0.0278	$0.48	$308.20 million	$316.01 million
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	IBCP Independent Bank	$0.8440	$0.90	+$0.0560	$0.90	$60.08 million	$61.64 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	FRME First Merchants	$1.02	$0.74	-$0.28	$0.70	$202.78 million	$202.49 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	$0.68	1.42%	+11.84%	18.13%	4 Years
EBC Eastern Bankshares	$0.60	2.78%	N/A	34.09%	5 Years
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.60%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years
IBCP Independent Bank	$1.12	3.02%	+5.39%	32.56%	11 Years

Latest AMAL, EBC, FRME, and IBCP Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/23/2026	EBC Eastern Bankshares	quarterly	$0.15	2.76%	9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/22/2026
8/14/2026	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.37	3.52%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/18/2026
7/21/2026	AMAL Amalgamated Financial	quarterly	$0.17	1.37%	8/4/2026	8/4/2026	8/20/2026
7/21/2026	IBCP Independent Bank	quarterly	$0.28	2.91%	8/4/2026	8/4/2026	8/14/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	0.08	0.64	0.63
EBC Eastern Bankshares	0.09	0.90	0.90
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.95
IBCP Independent Bank	0.32	0.95	0.94

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	75.93%
EBC Eastern Bankshares	71.68%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%
IBCP Independent Bank	79.43%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	1.63%
EBC Eastern Bankshares	1.26%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%
IBCP Independent Bank	5.91%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AMAL Amalgamated Financial	450	29.90 million	29.41 million	Optionable
EBC Eastern Bankshares	2,450	228.51 million	225.63 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable
IBCP Independent Bank	826	22.20 million	20.89 million	Optionable

AMAL, EBC, FRME, and IBCP Headlines

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AMAL, EBC, FRME, and IBCP Company Descriptions

Amalgamated Financial NASDAQ:AMAL

$47.87 -0.65 (-1.34%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$47.88 +0.02 (+0.03%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Amalgamated Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Amalgamated Bank that provides commercial and retail banking, investment management, and trust and custody services for commercial and retail customers in the United States. The company accepts various deposit products, including non-interest bearing accounts, interest-bearing demand products, savings accounts, money market accounts, NOW accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also provides various commercial loans comprising commercial and industrial, multifamily mortgage, and commercial real estate loans; residential mortgage loans; and retail loans, such as residential real estate, consumer solar, and consumer and other loans. In addition, the company offers online banking, bill payment, online cash management, and safe deposit box rental services; debit and ATM cards; and trust, custody, and investment management services comprising asset safekeeping, corporate actions, income collections, proxy, account transition, asset transfers, and conversion management services. Further, it provides investment products, such as funds spanning equity, fixed-income, real estate, and alternative investment products; and brokerage, asset management, and insurance products. Amalgamated Financial Corp. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Eastern Bankshares NASDAQ:EBC

$21.60 -0.07 (-0.32%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$21.60 +0.00 (+0.02%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Eastern Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Eastern Bank that provides banking products and services primarily to retail, commercial, and small business customers. The company provides deposit accounts, interest checking accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, and time certificates of deposit accounts. It also offers commercial and industrial, commercial real estate and construction, small business, residential real estate, and home equity loans; lines of credit; and other consumer loans comprising unsecured personal lines of credit, overdraft protection, automobile loans, home improvement loans, airplane loans, and other personal loans. In addition, the company provides trust, financial planning and portfolio management, automated lock box collection, cash management, and account reconciliation services; personal, business, and employee benefits insurance products. Eastern Bankshares, Inc. was founded in 1818 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$41.11 +0.01 (+0.02%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$41.12 +0.02 (+0.04%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including time, savings, and demand deposits; and consumer, commercial, agri-business, public finance, and real estate mortgage loans. It also provides personal and corporate trust; brokerage and private wealth management; and letters of credit, repurchase agreements, and other corporate services. The company operates banking locations in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan counties. It also offers its services through electronic and mobile delivery channels. First Merchants Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana.

Independent Bank NASDAQ:IBCP

$37.07 -0.08 (-0.22%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$37.07 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Independent Bank Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Independent Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in rural and suburban communities in Michigan. It offers checking and savings accounts, commercial lending, direct and indirect consumer financing, mortgage lending, and safe deposit box services. The company also provides title insurance services and investment services, as well as automatic teller machines, and internet and mobile banking services. In addition, it operates through branches, drive-thru facilities, and loan production offices. Independent Bank Corporation was founded in 1864 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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