First Merchants (FRME) Interest Expense - Deposits (2010 - 2026)

First Merchants has reported Interest Expense - Deposits for 17 years, with the latest figure at $84.1 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Expense - Deposits rose 4.4% year-over-year to $84.1 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $347.8 million (down 5.58% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $344.3 million, down 10.84% from the prior year.
• Interest Expense - Deposits for Q1 2026 stood at $84.1 million, down from $88.7 million in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Interest Expense - Deposits was $99.2 million in Q2 2024, with the low at $4.3 million in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Interest Expense - Deposits has averaged $69.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $84.2 million in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Interest Expense - Deposits slumped 30.74% — and 2023, when it surged 1080.37%.
• First Merchants' Interest Expense - Deposits stood at $33.5 million in 2022, then surged by 188.38% to $96.7 million in 2023, then declined by 7.06% to $89.8 million in 2024, then slipped by 1.3% to $88.7 million in 2025, then slipped by 5.16% to $84.1 million in 2026.
• The last three Interest Expense - Deposits figures came in at $84.1 million (Q1 2026), $88.7 million (Q4 2025), and $90.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.