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) Net margin

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First Merchants Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.4%, down 3.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.6% (fiscal 2024) to 37.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Banks Regional industry median of 18.8% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 21.3% 2.72
FY2024 18.6% (3.61)
FY2023 22.2% (8.75)
FY2022 31.0% (6.02)
FY2021 37.0% 10.36
FY2020 26.6% (3.18)
FY2019 29.8% (3.06)
FY2018 32.9% 7.96
FY2017 24.9% (0.56)
FY2016 25.5% 2.99

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 22.5% 7.87
Jun 2026 14.6% 3.72
Mar 2026 10.9% (10.04)
Dec 2025 20.9% (0.12)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 18.6% High 37.0%
Ten-year median 25.5%
Current reading's percentile 7

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
FBNC First Bancorp compare 26.7%
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. compare 25.9%
NBTB NBT Bancorp Inc. compare 22.9%
BANR Banner Corporation compare 22.8%
FBK FB Financial Corporation compare 22.6%
TRMK Trustmark Corporation compare 21.1%
BOH Bank of Hawaii Corporation compare 20.9%
FRME First Merchants Corporation 17.4%
BBT Beacon Financial Corporation compare 17.4%
Banks Regional industry median 18.8%
Financial sector median 14.3%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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