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

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp in the last twelve months. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's shares. Their FMAO share price targets range from $22.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $23.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stock was trading at $24.80 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FMAO stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $21.00.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 174,100 shares, a decrease of 5.7% from the March 15th total of 184,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.9 days.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMAO) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 13th. The financial services provider reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $23.86 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.90 million. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.46% and a net margin of 14.62%.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Saturday, April 20th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 27th.
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.43%. FMAO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 52.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMAO will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.29% 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 before market open on Thursday, September 21st 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 18th 2017. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, September 20th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Farmers & Merchants Bancorp investors own include Marathon Petroleum (MPC), McDonald's (MCD), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Invesco (IVZ), International Business Machines (IBM), ONEOK (OKE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Andersons (ANDE), American Express (AXP) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY).

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FARMERS & MERCHANTS TRUST Co OF LONG BEACH (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Briggs, Andrew J Briggs, David P Vernon, Eugene N Burkholder, Ian D Boyce, Jo Ellen Hornish and Steven J Planson.
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