Farmers & Merchants Bancorp Inc (FMAO)

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The Farmers & Merchants State Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals and small businesses in Northwest Ohio, Northeast Indiana, and Southeast Michigan. The company offers checking, savings, and time deposit accounts; certificates of deposit; and custodial services for individual retirement and health savings accounts. It also provides commercial, agricultural, and residential mortgage, as well as consumer lending products; loans for farmland, farm equipment, and livestock; operating loans for seeds, fertilizers, and feeds; home improvement loans; and loans for autos, trucks, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles. In addition, the company offers commercial real estate loans, such as lines of credit and machinery purchase loans. Further, it provides automated teller machine or interactive teller machine services; and online and mobile banking, bill-pay, on-line statement opportunities, and remote deposit capture or electronic deposit processing. Additionally, the company offers electronic transaction origination, such as wire and automated clearing house file transmittal services. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Archbold, Ohio.

Ticker
FMAO
Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks - Regional
Market cap
$500.26M
52-week range
$22.91 - $38.33

Valuation

Share price
$36.35 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM)
11.69x
Price to book
1.29x
Price to free cash flow
11.02x
Enterprise value
$703.16M
Book value per share
$28.12

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day-0.05%
5 days-0.19%
1 month+2.86%
3 months+6.04%
6 months+33.79%
Year to date+47.05%
1 year+49.90%
3 years+100.83%
5 years+39.01%
10 years+119.64%
All time+233.30%

Short interest

As of
Oct 15, 2026
Short % of float
1.63%
Shares short
214.19K
Days to cover
5.73
Change since prior report
-7.86%
Source
FINRA consolidated short interest

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
8.98%
Return on assets
0.97%
Net margin
27.43%
Revenue growth
19.59%
Net income growth
28.42%
Free cash flow growth
14.28%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
9.07%
Net debt to EBITDA
1.68x

Latest reported year

Period end
Dec 31, 2025
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$121.43M
Net income
$33.31M
Earnings per share
$2.43
Interest expense
$69.25M
Shares outstanding
13.56M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31$121.43M$33.31M$2.43
2024-12-31$101.53M$25.94M$1.90
2023-12-31$97.30M$22.79M$1.67
2022-12-31$102.58M$32.52M$2.46
2021-12-31$87.11M$23.50M$2.01
2020-12-31$76.56M$20.09M$1.80
2019-12-31$65.37M$18.40M$1.66
2018-12-31$50.72M$14.95M$1.61
2017-12-31$46.86M$12.72M$1.38
2016-12-31$44.87M$11.66M$1.27

Margins and returns by year

Period endNet marginReturn on equity
2025-12-3127.43%8.98%
2024-12-3125.55%7.74%
2023-12-3123.42%7.20%
2022-12-3131.70%10.91%
2021-12-3126.97%7.91%
2020-12-3126.25%8.07%
2019-12-3128.15%7.99%
2018-12-3129.47%10.43%
2017-12-3127.15%9.48%
2016-12-3125.99%9.29%

Cash and debt by year

Period endDebt
2025-12-31$50.00M
2024-12-31$10.00M
2023-12-31$10.00M
2022-12-31$10.00M
2021-12-31$10.00M

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-31$34.97M$1.39M
2024-12-31$30.60M$1.36M
2023-12-31$11.22M$1.28M
2022-12-31$38.07M$899.00K
2021-12-31$32.78M$822.00K
2020-12-31$24.16M$1.02M
2019-12-31$20.42M$1.09M
2018-12-31$8.11M$745.00K
2017-12-31$15.76M$507.00K
2016-12-31$10.02M$402.00K

Dividend history

Most recent payment
Oct 9, 2026
Paid in the last twelve months
$0.94
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-10-09$0.25
2026-07-10$0.23
2026-04-02$0.23
2025-12-29$0.23
2025-10-10$0.23
2025-07-07$0.22
2025-04-04$0.22
2024-12-27$0.22

Investor relations

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-10-22Sep 2026$0.81
2026-07-27Jun 2026$0.67
2026-04-22Mar 2026$0.68
2025-10-27Sep 2025$0.59
2025-07-28Jun 2025$0.51
2025-04-28Mar 2025$0.42
2025-02-12Dec 2024$0.48
2024-10-30Sep 2024$0.40

Filings and sources

Company website
fm.bank
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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