Analysts Offer Predictions for Meridian Bank Q3 Earnings

Meridian Bank (NASDAQ:MRBK) – Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Meridian Bank in a research note issued to investors on Monday, October 20th. DA Davidson analyst P. Winter forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.50 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Meridian Bank’s current full-year earnings is $2.07 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Meridian Bank’s FY2025 earnings at $1.65 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.30 EPS.

Meridian Bank (NASDAQ:MRBK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $32.45 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $29.65 million. Meridian Bank had a net margin of 9.01% and a return on equity of 10.62%.

Separately, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Meridian Bank in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $17.50.

Meridian Bank Price Performance

Meridian Bank stock opened at $14.68 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $165.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.12 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.95. Meridian Bank has a 1 year low of $11.16 and a 1 year high of $17.33. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $15.32 and a two-hundred day moving average of $14.17.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Fourthstone LLC raised its stake in shares of Meridian Bank by 40.4% during the 2nd quarter. Fourthstone LLC now owns 1,084,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,977,000 after acquiring an additional 311,870 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Meridian Bank by 110.9% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 212,905 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,745,000 after acquiring an additional 111,939 shares in the last quarter. Meridian Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Meridian Bank by 16.1% during the 2nd quarter. Meridian Wealth Partners LLC now owns 139,726 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,801,000 after acquiring an additional 19,346 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Meridian Bank by 75.3% during the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 122,199 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,758,000 after acquiring an additional 52,500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Meridian Bank by 9.5% during the 2nd quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 86,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,116,000 after acquiring an additional 7,543 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 58.56% of the company’s stock.

Meridian Bank Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 18th. Investors of record on Monday, August 11th were paid a dividend of $0.125 per share. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 11th. Meridian Bank’s payout ratio is 31.06%.

Meridian Bank Company Profile

Meridian Corporation operates as the holding company for Meridian Bank that provides commercial banking products and services in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida, and Maryland. The company offers various deposit products, such as demand non-interest bearing, demand interest bearing, savings accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits.