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First Merchants (FRME) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

First Merchants' Return on Equity history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.09% in Q4 2025 per FRME's latest filing, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.08% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: rose 3bps in 2021, then dropped -4bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.11% in 2021, then increased by 4bps to 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FRME's Return on Equity are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025).