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First Merchants Corporation

FRME Financial Banks Regional

First Merchants Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.1 billion, down 2.04% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.9%
EPS
+11.2%
Free cash flow
−10.5%
Total debt
+27.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

41.09 0.80 −1.91%
Market cap
$2.6B
P/E
12.7×
Fwd P/E
12.5×
Dividend yield
3.55%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a
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First Merchants Corporation (FRME) Debt to equity

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First Merchants Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.4×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (fiscal 2021) to 0.5× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 0.2× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.3× (12.66%)
FY2024 0.4× 2.50%
FY2023 0.4× (19.09%)
FY2022 0.5× 102.45%
FY2021 0.2× (12.56%)
FY2020 0.3× (1.28%)
FY2019 0.3× (14.84%)
FY2018 0.3× (24.20%)
FY2017 0.4× (10.38%)
FY2016 0.5× 10.90%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.4× (25.78%)
Jun 2026 0.6× 7.31%
Mar 2026 0.5× 49.35%
Dec 2025 0.3× (2.20%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.2× High 0.5×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 45

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
FBK FB Financial Corporation compare 0.0×
FBNC First Bancorp compare 0.0×
NBTB NBT Bancorp Inc. compare 0.1×
BANR Banner Corporation compare 0.1×
TRMK Trustmark Corporation compare 0.1×
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. compare 0.2×
BBT Beacon Financial Corporation compare 0.3×
FRME First Merchants Corporation 0.4×
BOH Bank of Hawaii Corporation compare 0.5×
Banks Regional industry median 0.2×
Financial sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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