Farmers & Merchants Bancorp - FMAO Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" FMAO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FMAO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's shares. Their FMAO share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stock was trading at $32.83 at the start of the year. Since then, FMAO stock has decreased by 11.8% and is now trading at $28.95.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 13th 2023.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMAO) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.68. The financial services provider earned $26.32 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $26.50 million. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had a net margin of 30.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.87%.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 26th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, October 20th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.90%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 23rd.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.90%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 33.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMAO will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.11% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stock split before market open on Thursday, September 21st 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 18th 2017. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, September 20th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FMAO."

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.53%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.16%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (2.42%), State Street Corp (1.31%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.75%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.45%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Briggs, Andrew J Briggs, Anthony Rupp, David P Vernon, Eugene N Burkholder, Jo Ellen Hornish, Lars B Eller, Marcia Sloan Latta, Paul S Siebenmorgen and Steven J Planson.
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Shares of FMAO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FMAO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.95.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) has a market capitalization of $393.92 million and generates $94.45 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $23.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.52 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 385 workers across the globe.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's mailing address is 307 NORTH DEFIANCE ST, ARCHBOLD OH, 43502. The official website for the company is www.fm.bank. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (419) 446-2501 or via email at andrew@smberger.com.