Meridian (MRDN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Meridian Corporation was a bank holding company and the former parent of Meridian Bank, a community-focused financial institution headquartered in Pennsylvania. Through its banking operations, the company provided commercial and retail banking services to businesses, professionals and individual customers.

Meridian Bank’s offerings included commercial real estate and business loans, residential mortgages, consumer lending, deposit accounts, cash-management and treasury services, and other financial products. The bank primarily served customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

Christopher J. Annas served as Meridian Corporation’s chairman and chief executive officer. Meridian Corporation was acquired by Univest Financial Corporation, and its shares are no longer publicly traded under the MRDN symbol.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.44 to $14.10
• 50-Day Range: $11.01 to $14.72
• 52-Week Range: $5.80 to $16.09
• Volume: 143,065 shs
• Average Volume: 69,059 shs
• Market Capitalization: $177.63 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $21.60
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Meridian Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Meridian scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 366th out of 476 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Meridian has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Meridian has a consensus price target of $21.60, representing about 54.1% upside from its current price of $14.02.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Meridian has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Meridian has a P/B Ratio of 3.41. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.88% of the float of Meridian has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Meridian has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.26, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Meridian has recently increased by 44.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Meridian does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Meridian does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Meridian has a news sentiment score of 0.76. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Meridian this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for MRDN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Meridian insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $125,739.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

24.00% of the stock of Meridian is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

2.74% of the stock of Meridian is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 9/20/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Casinos & Gaming
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:MRDN
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:GMGI
• CIK: 1437925
• Web: www.meridian-holdings.com
• Phone: 702-318-7548
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,200
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Meridian: $21.60
• High Price Target: $21.60
• Low Price Target: $21.60
• Potential Upside/Downside: +54.1%
• Consensus Rating: Sell
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($6.74)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.24
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$89.90 million
• Net Margins: -41.41%
• Pretax Margin: -44.58%
• Return on Equity: -117.87%
• Return on Assets: -58.87%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.59
• Quick Ratio: 0.51

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $182.86 million
• Price / Sales: 0.97
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.11 per share
• Price / Book: 3.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 12,670,000
• Free Float: 9,628,000
• Market Cap: $177.63 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.68