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First Merchants Corporation, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services. It accepts deposits, such as demand deposits, NOW accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts; and offers agricultural production financing and other loans to farmers, construction loans, commercial and farmland loans, residential real estate loans, individuals' loans for household and other personal expenditures, lease financing, loans to financial institutions, tax-exempt loans, and consumer loans. The company also provides renting safe deposit facilities; personal and corporate trust services; asset management services; and corporate services, letters of credit, and repurchase agreements. In addition, it involves in personal and commercial lines of insurance, such as property, casualty, and personal lines; reinsurance of credit life, accident, and health insurance; and debt cancellation contracts. The company provides its services through ATMs, check cards, interactive voice response systems, and Internet technology. As of December 31, 2008, it had 5 affiliate banks with 82 locations in 24 Indiana and 3 Ohio counties. First Merchants Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	11.50
Volume	105464
Volume Avg	81957
52 Week High	11.60
52 Week Low	6.63
PE	33.85
PE (group average)	27
EPS Year	0.34
EPS change Q/Q	70%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	1600%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	-22.73%
EPS change Y/Y	1000%
REV change Q/Q	-5.37%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	-10.05%
EPS next Q est	0.22
EPS next Y est	1.01
Divident Annual	0.04
Dividend Yield	0.35%