KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

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

First Merchants' Return on Sales history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at 2.38% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 3714.0% year-over-year to 2.38%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 125.77%, down 14464.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 146.28%, 8093.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 2.38% in Q4 2025 per FRME's latest filing, down from 11.34% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 182.29% in Q1 2024 to a low of 2.38% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 40.64%, with a median of 8.92% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: skyrocketed 17413bps in 2024, then plummeted -17588bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 30.56% in 2021, then plummeted by -91bps to 2.8% in 2022, then crashed by -47bps to 1.49% in 2023, then surged by 2232bps to 34.76% in 2024, then plummeted by -107bps to 2.38% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FRME's Return on Sales are 2.38% (Q4 2025), 11.34% (Q3 2025), and 6.63% (Q2 2025).