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First Merchants (FRME) Interest Expenses (2016 - 2026)

First Merchants (FRME) has disclosed Interest Expenses for 11 consecutive years, with $97.3 million as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Interest Expenses rose 5.44% year-over-year to $97.3 million; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached $393.8 million, down 4.02%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $388.8 million, 8.93% down from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses hit $97.3 million in Q1 2026 for First Merchants, down from $98.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Expenses topped out at $110.0 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $2.1 million in Q3 2022.
  • Average Interest Expenses over 5 years is $76.6 million, with a median of $96.7 million recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Interest Expenses surged 4643.28% in 2022 and then plummeted 67.15% in 2023.
  • First Merchants' Interest Expenses stood at $79.0 million in 2022, then soared by 35.31% to $106.9 million in 2023, then decreased by 6.22% to $100.3 million in 2024, then decreased by 1.89% to $98.4 million in 2025, then dropped by 1.13% to $97.3 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Expenses over the past three periods came in at $97.3 million, $98.4 million, and $101.4 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.