First Other Operating Expenses from 2010 to 2024

FRMEP Stock  USD 25.55  0.05  0.20%   
First Merchants Other Operating Expenses yearly trend continues to be relatively stable with very little volatility. Other Operating Expenses is likely to grow to about 349.7 M this year. Other Operating Expenses is expenses incurred from non-core business activities, including administrative and general expenses, but excluding costs directly related to production. View All Fundamentals
 
Other Operating Expenses  
First Reported
1989-09-30
Previous Quarter
223.3 M
Current Value
156 M
Quarterly Volatility
36.7 M
 
Oil Shock
 
Dot-com Bubble
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
Check First Merchants financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among First Merchants' main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Other Operating Expenses of 349.7 M, Operating Income of 272.2 M or EBIT of 272.2 M, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 2.73, Dividend Yield of 0.0353 or PTB Ratio of 1.46. First financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with First Merchants Valuation or Volatility modules.
  
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Latest First Merchants' Other Operating Expenses Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Other Operating Expenses of First Merchants over the last few years. Other Operating Expenses is the expense which generally does not depend on sales or production quantities of First Merchants. It is also known as First Merchants overhead expenses. Typically these expenses include marketing, rent and utilities, office, leases, and other overhead cost. It is expenses incurred from non-core business activities, including administrative and general expenses, but excluding costs directly related to production. First Merchants' Other Operating Expenses historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in First Merchants' overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.
Other Operating Expenses10 Years Trend
Slightly volatile
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First Other Operating Expenses Regression Statistics

Arithmetic Mean187,151,310
Geometric Mean108,523,871
Coefficient Of Variation59.99
Mean Deviation93,110,772
Median158,091,000
Standard Deviation112,275,467
Sample Variance12605.8T
Range348.4M
R-Value0.90
Mean Square Error2676.4T
R-Squared0.80
Slope22,495,034
Total Sum of Squares176480.9T

First Other Operating Expenses History

2024349.7 M
2023333 M
2022287.7 M
2021279.2 M
2020322.1 M
2019249.6 M
2018158.1 M

About First Merchants Financial Statements

First Merchants shareholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Other Operating Expenses, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although First Merchants investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. The changes in First Merchants' assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses on on First Merchants' income statement. Understanding these patterns can help investors time the market effectively. Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Other Operating Expenses333 M349.7 M

Pair Trading with First Merchants

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if First Merchants position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in First Merchants will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to First Merchants could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace First Merchants when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back First Merchants - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling First Merchants to buy it.
The correlation of First Merchants is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as First Merchants moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if First Merchants moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for First Merchants can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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