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First Merchants (FRME) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

First Merchants (FRME) has disclosed Return on Sales for 11 consecutive years, with 47.48% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 8587.0% year-over-year to 47.48%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 23.23%, down 3502.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 66.77%, 6059.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 47.48% in Q1 2026 for First Merchants, up from 5.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 146.79% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 66.32% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 40.22%, with a median of 8.71% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Sales plummeted -12594bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 13789bps in 2023.
  • First Merchants' Return on Sales stood at 66.32% in 2022, then soared by 97bps to 2.04% in 2023, then soared by 487bps to 7.92% in 2024, then plummeted by -165bps to 5.15% in 2025, then surged by 1022bps to 47.48% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 47.48%, 5.15%, and 51.75% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.