First Merchants (FRME) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)
First Merchants (FRME) has disclosed Return on Equity for 11 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q1 2026.
- For Q1 2026, Return on Equity fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.08%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.08%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
- Return on Equity hit 0.08% in Q1 2026 for First Merchants, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.12% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.08% in Q1 2026.
- Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2025.
- Year-over-year, Return on Equity increased 2bps in 2022 and then dropped -4bps in 2024.
- First Merchants' Return on Equity stood at 0.11% in 2022, then dropped by -8bps to 0.1% in 2023, then dropped by -15bps to 0.09% in 2024, then grew by 6bps to 0.09% in 2025, then decreased by -16bps to 0.08% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity over the past three periods came in at 0.08%, 0.09%, and 0.1% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.