First Merchants (FRME) Return on Sales (2010 - 2026)

First Merchants has reported Return on Sales for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.47% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 86.0% year-over-year to 0.47%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.23% (down 35.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.67%, up 61.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Sales for Q1 2026 stood at 0.47%, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Return on Sales was 1.47% in Q3 2023, with the low at 0.66% in Q4 2022.
• Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.4% across 5 years, with a median of 0.09% in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Sales plunged 126 bps — and 2023, when it surged 138 bps.
• First Merchants' Return on Sales stood at 0.66% in 2022, then jumped by 97 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then jumped by 487 bps to 0.08% in 2024, then sank by 165 bps to 0.05% in 2025, then jumped by 1022 bps to 0.47% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Sales figures came in at 0.47% (Q1 2026), 0.05% (Q4 2025), and 0.52% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.