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

First Merchants Corporation (FRME) Free cash flow margin

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First Merchants Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 27.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (27.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.5% (fiscal 2015) to 39.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 18.0% and above the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 27.0% 2.17
FY2024 24.8% (1.10)
FY2023 25.9% (13.98)
FY2022 39.9% 1.15
FY2021 38.7% 2.23
FY2020 36.5% 4.49
FY2019 32.0% (5.20)
FY2018 37.2% 4.43
FY2017 32.8% 0.22
FY2016 32.6% 13.09

Against its own ten years

Low 19.5% High 39.9%
Ten-year median 32.6%
Current reading's percentile 36

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
FBNC First Bancorp compare 46.4%
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. compare 33.9%
BANR Banner Corporation compare 27.4%
FRME First Merchants Corporation 27.2%
BOH Bank of Hawaii Corporation compare 24.9%
FBK FB Financial Corporation compare 17.1%
BBT Beacon Financial Corporation compare 0.00%
TRMK Trustmark Corporation compare 0.00%
NBTB NBT Bancorp Inc. compare 0.00%
Banks Regional industry median 18.0%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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