KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

First Merchants (FRME) Interest Expense - Debt (2016 - 2025)

First Merchants' Interest Expense - Debt history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at $32.7 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Interest Expense - Debt rose 327.83% year-over-year to $32.7 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $52.9 million, up 3422.03%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $35.8 million, 387.17% up from the prior year.
  • Interest Expense - Debt reached $32.7 million in Q4 2025 per FRME's latest filing, up from $1.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Expense - Debt ranged from a high of $32.7 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$14.4 million in Q4 2024.
  • Average Interest Expense - Debt over 5 years is $4.8 million, with a median of $3.1 million recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Interest Expense - Debt: tumbled 323.51% in 2024, then skyrocketed 551.95% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Expense - Debt shows it stood at $1.4 million in 2021, then soared by 255.08% to $4.9 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 30.39% to $6.4 million in 2023, then tumbled by 323.51% to -$14.4 million in 2024, then surged by 327.83% to $32.7 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FRME's Interest Expense - Debt are $32.7 million (Q4 2025), $1.1 million (Q3 2025), and $9.7 million (Q2 2025).