First Merchants (First Merchants) Cash Flow from Financing : $-221.0 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)

First Merchants Cash Flow from Financing Chart

First Merchants Annual Data
	Trend	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Cash Flow from Financing		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					867.63	1,363.89	1,236.31	133.84	75.65

First Merchants Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Cash Flow from Financing	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															142.74	-268.76	42.68	158.99	-153.86

First Merchants Cash Flow from Financing Calculation

This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.

First Merchants's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

First Merchants's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is:

Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-221.0 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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First Merchants  (NAS:FRME) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation

Cash from financing contains six items:

1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.

First Merchants's issuance of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.5 Mil.

2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

First Merchants's repurchase of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-30.0 Mil.

3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.

First Merchants's net issuance of debt for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-167.1 Mil. First Merchants spent $167.1 Mil paying down its debt.

4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.

First Merchants's net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.0 Mil. First Merchants paid $0.0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.

5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.

First Merchants's cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-20.6 Mil. First Merchants spent $20.6 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.

6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.

First Merchants's other financing for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $63.3 Mil. First Merchants received $63.3 Mil on other financial activities.

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