Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "reduce" FMAO shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's shares. Their FMAO share price forecasts range from $23.50 to $30.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $25.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 49.2% from the stock's current price.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stock was trading at $27.18 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, FMAO stock has decreased by 36.3% and is now trading at $17.31.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 18th 2023.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMAO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The financial services provider reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $24.39 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $25.30 million. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had a net margin of 20.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.22%.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, October 20th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 5th.
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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 4.74%. FMAO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. 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 39.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMAO will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares split 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.10%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Briggs, Andrew J Briggs, David P Vernon, Eugene N Burkholder, Jo Ellen Hornish and Steven J Planson.
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One share of FMAO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.31.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) has a market capitalization of $236.02 million and generates $100.80 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $32.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.12 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 460 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.