FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO)
Financials · Regional Banking · NASDAQ
A regional financial holding company focused on community banking, residential and commercial real estate lending, and deposit-taking services.
What FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC does
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company that provides a range of commercial and retail banking services through its subsidiary, Farmers & Merchants State Bank. The company's operations include accepting deposits, originating commercial and residential real estate loans, consumer lending, and providing various financial products like interchange services and loan servicing. It primarily serves local markets through a network of branches.
Themes: community banking, commercial lending, residential real estate lending, retail deposits
Fundamentals
- Price$34.05 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$469M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+38.1% 2025-08-21 close $24.65 → 2026-08-21 close $34.05
- P/E12.24 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+24.4% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+10.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.13 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+39.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Beta0.81 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-27 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +4.4%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How FMAO compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 525 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 538 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 534 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 575 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 453 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 431 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, FMAO's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 36%, free-cash-flow payout 35%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout36% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout35% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC looks technically
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) is trading 23.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 165 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 23.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +23.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $31.68 | $31.68 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $27.52 | $27.52 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 165 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 165 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 17.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 55.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($33.14 to $35.71) — its "stochastic" reading is 35 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 35.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $35.94 | $35.94 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 5.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -5.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 49.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +49.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 5.3% below its highest point of the past year | 5.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $49.99 (set on 2018-06-22) | $49.99 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($23.01 to $35.33), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 10% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $27.32 to $27.72. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 10.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 31.9% below its all-time high | -31.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.5% above a support level at $33.87 — a price it turned at three times since 2024-11-13, most recently on 2024-12-11. Since 2024-08-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $7.60 (set on 2009-11-20) | $7.60 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 348.0% above its all-time low | +348.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 48th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.10 between its high and its low — about 3.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.10 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $32.37 and $36.16 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $32.37 – $34.26 – $36.16 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (23.7% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.32× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 5 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.6% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.6% |
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| Gap filled | a 8.2% gap down opened on 2026-07-23 has been "filled" 20 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 20 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 2 sessions in a row, a +1.64% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 7.9 percentage points (the stock gained 10.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | +7.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 19.3 percentage points (the stock gained 22.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | +19.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 11.3 percentage points (the stock gained 22.4% while the market gained 11.1%) | +11.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 17.7 percentage points (the stock gained 38.1% while the market gained 20.5%) | +17.6% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 13% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.8% of the share price. | +13.3% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 17% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $29.00 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +17.4% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-27 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $34.40 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 20 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.0% |
Price levels it has turned at before
FMAO last closed at $34.05 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $33.87 | Support | 0.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-13 to 2024-12-11 |
| $35.83 | Resistance | 5.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-29 to 2026-08-14 |
| $31.95 | Support | 6.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-02 to 2026-07-16 |
| $29.85 | Support | 12.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-01-02 to 2026-02-17 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud · Near a support level (sitting on a price it has bounced off before) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$36.00 range $36.00 – $36.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-21. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for FMAO
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.8033 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-21
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Credit risk associated with the loan portfolio and potential for increased provisions for credit losses.","Interest rate risk, which impacts net interest income and the market value of available-for-sale securities.","Economic conditions in the bank's local operating markets affecting deposit levels and loan demand."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of FMAO's 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the prior one filed 2025-10-31.
Risk Factors
- Removed:
- Nine Months Ended financial data (removed from newer 10-Q which only presents three-month ended data as appropriate for Q1 filing vs. Q3 filing)
- Reworded:
- Exhibit 101 description changed: Older filing includes footnote '(1) Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T...' which is removed in newer filing
- Risk Factors page reference changed from 76 to 65 (newer filing)
- Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities page reference changed from 79 to 66 (newer filing)
- Defaults Upon Senior Securities page reference changed from 79 to 66 (newer filing)
- Mine Safety Disclosures page reference changed from 79 to 66 (newer filing)
- Other Information page reference changed from 79 to 66 (newer filing)
- Exhibits page reference changed from 80 to 67 (newer filing)
- Signatures page reference changed from 81 to 68 (newer filing)
- Notes:
- The two filings present different periods (Q1 2026 vs. Q3 2025) so balance sheet dates and financial statement periods are not directly comparable
- Older filing contains Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity that appears truncated in provided text, so complete comparison of that section is not assessable
- The removal of nine-month data is a normal consequence of comparing a Q1 10-Q (three months only) to a Q3 10-Q (nine months)
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
1 open-market purchase and 53 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days1 buy ($10341) · 11 sells ($1M) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
- Last 90 days1 buy ($10341) · 53 sells ($5M) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days1 buy ($10341) · 63 sells ($6M) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-07. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about FMAO's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 8 matched disclosures for FMAO from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding FMAO as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 1,177,656
- Reported value $30,230,419
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
FMAO had 222,655 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
FMAO had 1.62% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.88 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 222,655
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.62%
- Prior settlement (shares) 204,521
- Reported change 8.87%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.88
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Huntington Bancshares (HBAN)
- Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
- KeyCorp (KEY)
- Comerica (CMA)
- Old National Bancorp (ONB)
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Frequently asked questions
What does FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) do?
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company that provides a range of commercial and retail banking services through its subsidiary, Farmers & Merchants State Bank. The company's operations include accepting deposits, originating commercial and residential real estate loans, consumer lending, and providing various financial products like interchange services and loan servicing. It primarily serves local markets through a network of branches.
What sector is FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) in?
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is Regional Banking. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does FMAO pay a dividend?
Yes — FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 4.36% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC's (FMAO) competitors?
Notable peers of FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) include Huntington Bancshares, Fifth Third Bancorp, KeyCorp, Comerica and Old National Bancorp. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in FMAO?
Yes — we hold 8 matched STOCK Act disclosures for FMAO from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) overbought or oversold right now?
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCORP INC (FMAO) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on FMAO come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.