Compare Stocks: CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN

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
CASH Pathward Financial	$77.12 +1.2%	$84.86	$65.87 ▼ $101.26	$1.59B	0.6	235,758 shs	170 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.21 +0.4%	$33.53	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.37B	0.91	752,735 shs	2.53 million shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.15 +0.7%	$42.53	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.57B	0.84	423,623 shs	1.55 million shs
TOWN Towne Bank	$37.28 +0.5%	$37.31	$31.91 ▼ $39.03	$2.96B	0.68	490,542 shs	875,318 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CASH Pathward Financial	0.00%	-3.20%	-9.05%	-7.77%	-0.29%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	0.00%	-1.26%	-2.85%	+0.47%	+21.74%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	-0.58%	-2.76%	-0.78%	+1.41%
TOWN Towne Bank	0.00%	+0.22%	-1.77%	+5.94%	+3.37%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CASH Pathward Financial	$77.12 +1.2%	$84.86	$65.87 ▼ $101.26	$1.59B	0.6	235,758 shs	170 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.21 +0.4%	$33.53	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.37B	0.91	752,735 shs	2.53 million shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.15 +0.7%	$42.53	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.57B	0.84	423,623 shs	1.55 million shs
TOWN Towne Bank	$37.28 +0.5%	$37.31	$31.91 ▼ $39.03	$2.96B	0.68	490,542 shs	875,318 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CASH Pathward Financial	0.00%	-3.20%	-9.05%	-7.77%	-0.29%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	0.00%	-1.26%	-2.85%	+0.47%	+21.74%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	-0.58%	-2.76%	-0.78%	+1.41%
TOWN Towne Bank	0.00%	+0.22%	-1.77%	+5.94%	+3.37%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CASH Pathward Financial	3.00	Buy	$101.00	32.71% Upside
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	2.50	Moderate Buy	$33.67	4.91% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	19.89% Upside
TOWN Towne Bank	2.75	Moderate Buy	$39.50	6.53% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/4/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/26/2026	TOWN Towne Bank	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (A-)
8/12/2026	TOWN Towne Bank	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)
8/5/2026	CASH Pathward Financial	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	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)
7/23/2026	CASH Pathward Financial	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$107.00 ➝ $105.00
7/23/2026	CASH Pathward Financial	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$108.00 ➝ $97.00
7/16/2026	TOWN Towne Bank	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
7/10/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$33.00 ➝ $35.00
7/1/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$34.00 ➝ $36.00
6/29/2026	TOWN Towne Bank	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold

(Data available from 9/21/2023 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
CASH Pathward Financial	$851.49M	1.86	$10.78 per share	7.06	$37.65 per share	2.02
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$1.26B	2.67	$3.15 per share	10.19	$28.11 per share	1.14
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.44	$4.43 per share	9.23	$42.22 per share	0.97
TOWN Towne Bank	$897.04M	3.26	$3.43 per share	10.80	$30.76 per share	1.21

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
CASH Pathward Financial	$185.87M	$7.98	9.54	7.90	N/A	21.03%	20.61%	2.41%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$255.60M	$2.83	11.34	9.30	N/A	20.77%	11.13%	1.49%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.10	9.18	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
TOWN Towne Bank	$169.53M	$3.56	10.42	10.91	N/A	25.64%	9.60%	1.22%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	TOWN Towne Bank	$0.7910	$0.78	-$0.0110	$2.09	$245.33 million	$245.72 million
7/22/2026	Q3 2026	CASH Pathward Financial	$1.95	$1.37	-$0.58	$1.37	$191.18 million	$189.64 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	FRME First Merchants	$1.02	$0.74	-$0.28	$0.70	$202.78 million	$202.49 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$0.78	$0.80	+$0.02	$0.73	$270.29 million	$264.17 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CASH Pathward Financial	$0.20	0.26%	N/A	2.51%	N/A
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$1.04	3.23%	+1.27%	36.75%	1 Years
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.60%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years
TOWN Towne Bank	$1.12	3.00%	+8.04%	31.46%	13 Years

Latest CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/26/2026	TOWN Towne Bank	quarterly	$0.28	2.98%	9/25/2026	9/25/2026	10/9/2026
8/20/2026	CASH Pathward Financial	quarterly	$0.05	0.25%	9/10/2026	9/10/2026	10/1/2026
8/14/2026	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.37	3.52%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/18/2026
7/17/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	quarterly	$0.26	3.25%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CASH Pathward Financial	0.04	0.82	0.81
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	0.32	0.85	0.85
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.95
TOWN Towne Bank	0.04	0.90	0.88

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CASH Pathward Financial	92.66%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	77.23%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%
TOWN Towne Bank	55.99%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CASH Pathward Financial	1.43%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	1.08%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%
TOWN Towne Bank	8.14%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CASH Pathward Financial	1,182	20.77 million	20.48 million	Optionable
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	2,199	104.97 million	103.84 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable
TOWN Towne Bank	1,939	78.96 million	72.54 million	Optionable

CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

TowneBank (TOWN) Stock Price, News, Quote & History - Yahoo Finance

September 17, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Towne Bank $TOWN Shares Acquired by Squarepoint Ops LLC

September 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Dogwood Bank co-founder rises to new leadership role following acquisition

September 3, 2026 | bizjournals.com

Towne Bank $TOWN Shares Sold by Susquehanna International Group LLP

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Makes New $19.43 Million Investment in Towne Bank $TOWN

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

TowneBank Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

August 26, 2026 | globenewswire.com

De Lisle Partners LLP Invests $5.23 Million in Towne Bank $TOWN

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Winners And Losers Of Q2: TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) Vs The Rest Of The Regional Banks Stocks

August 18, 2026 | msn.com

Inside Business Top Workplaces 2026: Giving back is a driving force

August 12, 2026 | dailypress.comD

Inside Business Top Workplaces 2026: TowneBank

August 10, 2026 | pilotonline.comP

Greater Clarity For The Future Makes TowneBank More Interesting (Rating Upgrade)

August 9, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

TowneBank: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

July 24, 2026 | wtop.comW

TowneBank Reports Second Quarter 2026 Earnings

July 22, 2026 | globenewswire.com

TowneBank (TOWN) Could Be 103% Below Fair Value On Mixed Valuation Signals

July 19, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Analysts Estimate TowneBank (TOWN) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for

July 15, 2026 | zacks.com

A Look Back at Regional Banks Stocks’ Q4 Earnings: TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) Vs The Rest Of The Pack

July 8, 2026 | msn.com

TowneBank (TOWN): Buy, sell, or hold post Q4 earnings?

July 8, 2026 | msn.com

William A. Gwaltney, Jr. and John O. Wynne, Jr. Join the TowneBank Corporate Board of Directors

June 30, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Q4 earnings highlights: TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) vs the rest of the regional banks stocks

June 26, 2026 | msn.com

Unpacking Q4 Earnings: TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) In The Context Of Other Regional Banks Stocks

June 17, 2026 | msn.com

TowneBank eyes High Point location after Greensboro growth

June 2, 2026 | bizjournals.com

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CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Company Descriptions

Pathward Financial NASDAQ:CASH

$77.12 +0.95 (+1.24%)

As of 09:39 AM Eastern

Pathward Financial, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Pathward, National Association that provides various banking products and services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Consumer, Commercial, and Corporate Services/Other. It offers demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, and money market savings accounts. The company also provides commercial finance product comprising term lending, asset-based lending, factoring, lease financing, insurance premium finance, government guaranteed lending, and other commercial finance products; consumer credit products; other consumer financing services; tax services, which includes short-term refund advance loans and short-term electronic return originator advance loans; and warehouse financing services. In addition, it issues prepaid cards; and offers payment solutions, such as acceptance, processing, and settlement of credit card and debit card payments. The company was formerly known as Meta Financial Group, Inc. and changed its name to Pathward Financial, Inc. in July 2022. Pathward Financial, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

First Financial Bancorp. NASDAQ:FFBC

$32.21 +0.12 (+0.38%)

As of 09:39 AM Eastern

First Financial Bancorp. operates as the bank holding company for First Financial Bank that provides commercial banking and related services to individuals and businesses in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. The company offers checking, savings, and money-market accounts; and accepts various deposit products, such as interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and cash management services for commercial customers. It also provides real estate loans secured by residential property, such as one to four family residential housing units or commercial property comprising owner-occupied and/or investor income producing real estate consisting of apartments, shopping centers, and office buildings; commercial and industrial loans for various purposes, including inventory, receivables, and equipment, as well as equipment and leasehold improvement financing for franchisees; consumer loans comprising new and used vehicle loans, second mortgages on residential real estate, and unsecured loans; and home equity lines of credit. In addition, the company offers commercial financing to the insurance industry, registered investment advisors, certified public accountants, indirect auto finance companies, and restaurant franchisees. Further, it provides a range of trust and wealth management services; lease and equipment financing services; and currency payments, foreign exchange hedging, and other advisory products. First Financial Bancorp. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$41.15 +0.28 (+0.68%)

As of 09:39 AM 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.

Towne Bank NASDAQ:TOWN

$37.28 +0.20 (+0.54%)

As of 09:39 AM Eastern

TowneBank provides retail and commercial banking services for individuals, commercial enterprises, and professionals. The company operates through three segments: Banking, Realty, and Insurance. It accepts various deposits, including demand deposits, savings accounts, money rate savings, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also offers secured and unsecured personal loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; commercial loans for working capital, business expansion, and equipment and machinery purchases; and mortgage loans, as well as real estate acquisition, development, and construction loans. In addition, it provides other services, such as safe deposit boxes, treasury management services, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, and automatic drafts for various accounts, as well as online, mobile, and on-call banking services. Further, the company offers documentation services to accomplish tax deferral to investors; investment and asset management services; commercial mortgage brokerage services; and other financial services, such as financial, retirement, and estate planning services, as well as assistance on various investment options comprising alternative investments, annuities, margin accounts, convertible bonds, and pension and profit-sharing plans. Additionally, it provides residential real estate, relocation, property management, vacation rentals, and title and settlement services; and originates residential mortgage loans. The company also offers life, property, casualty, and vehicle insurance services; and employee benefit programs, such as health, dental, vision, and disability insurance. It operates in Richmond, Virginia, the Greater Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia, northeastern North Carolina, Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Greenville, North Carolina. TowneBank was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Latest CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Analyst Ratings

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Latest CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Dividends

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CASH, FFBC, FRME, and TOWN Headlines

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