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

3 Wall Street 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 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 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's shares. Their FMAO share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $30.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $28.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% from the stock's current price.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stock was trading at $27.18 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FMAO shares have decreased by 10.5% and is now trading at $24.32.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 19th 2023.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMAO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 8th. The financial services provider reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $26.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.80 million. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.91% and a net margin of 27.86%.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 21st. Investors of record on Saturday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, April 20th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Dow Jones Select Microcap Index Fund (FDM) and First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA).

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.25%. 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 34.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMAO will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp split on the morning of 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."

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One share of FMAO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.32.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) has a market capitalization of $331.00 million and generates $116.69 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $32.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.46 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.