Merchants Bancorp Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Merchants Bancorp stock have an average target of 43.67, with a low estimate of 38 and a high estimate of 51. The average target predicts a decrease of -12.01% from the current stock price of 49.63.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$38	$43.67	$42	$51
Change	-23.43%	-12.01%	-15.37%	+2.76%

* Price targets were last updated on Mar 2, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Merchants Bancorp stock from 3 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3	3	3	3	3

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Manan Gosalia Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $42 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$42 → $51	+2.76%	Mar 2, 2026
Manan Gosalia Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $40 → $42	Hold	Maintains	$40 → $42	-15.37%	Jan 30, 2026
Nathan Rice Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $41 → $42	Buy	Maintains	$41 → $42	-15.37%	Oct 30, 2025
Daniel Tamayo Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Reiterates $40 → $38	Buy	Reiterates	$40 → $38	-23.43%	Oct 29, 2025
Manan Gosalia Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $34 → $39	Hold	Maintains	$34 → $39	-21.42%	Sep 29, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

742.72M

from 563.69M

31.76%

from 563.69M

Revenue Next Year

770.40M

from 742.72M

3.73%

from 742.72M

EPS This Year

5.34

from 3.78

41.30%

from 3.78

EPS Next Year

5.87

from 5.34

9.89%

from 5.34

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	430.32M	427.19M	522.51M	646.45M	563.69M	742.72M	770.40M
Revenue Growth	26.65%	-0.73%	22.31%	23.72%	-12.80%	31.76%	3.73%
EPS	4.76	4.47	5.64	6.30	3.78	5.34	5.87
EPS Growth	23.64%	-6.09%	26.17%	11.70%	-40.00%	41.30%	9.89%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.29	8.46
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	781.0M	801.7M
Avg	742.7M	770.4M
Low	704.6M	735.4M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	38.5%	7.9%
Avg	31.8%	3.7%
Low	25.0%	-1.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	5.62	6.54
Avg	5.34	5.87
Low	4.95	5.25

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	48.6%	22.5%
Avg	41.3%	9.9%
Low	30.9%	-1.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.