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

First Merchants' (FRME) quarterly Return on Sales came in at 0.03% in Q1 2026, down 9.0% year-on-year from 0.03% in Q1 2025, and down 45.77% quarter-over-quarter from 0.06% in Q4 2025.

First Merchants (FRME) Return on Sales (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

First Merchants' Return on Sales history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 9.0% year-over-year to 0.03% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.06%, a 19.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.06%, down 124.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales retreated to 0.03% in Q1 2026 per FRME's latest filing, from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 1.09% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.05% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.06% (2025), against an average of 0.19%.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Sales was 83 bps in 2022; the steepest drop was 127 bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.04% in 2022, then surged by 50 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then plunged by 151 bps to 0.05% in 2024, then surged by 214 bps to 0.06% in 2025, then slumped by 46 bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest FRME Return on Sales figures stand at 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.06% (Q4 2025), and 0.06% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 KB Financial 43,124.21 Bn 43,125.44 Bn -775,612.08 55.85%
2 Shinhan Financial 33,971.34 Bn 33,973.00 Bn - -200.84%
3 Bank Of Chile 4,105.33 Bn 4,105.33 Bn 167,623.00 0.02%
4 NatWest 768.74 Bn 572.78 Bn 1.79 Bn 0.01%
5 Mizuho Financial 385.64 Bn 389.59 Bn - 0.00%
6 Lloyds Banking 358.14 Bn 358.14 Bn - 0.00%
7 First Capital 200.03 Bn 199.69 Bn - 0.03%
8 Landmark Bancorp 187.97 Bn 187.94 Bn - 0.00%
9 Pnc Financial Services 100.96 Bn 101.01 Bn - 0.00%
10 First Merchants 2.62 Bn 2.62 Bn 7.44 Mn 0.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.03%
Dec 31, 2025 0.06%
Sep 30, 2025 0.06%
Jun 30, 2025 0.12%
Mar 31, 2025 0.12%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.05%
Sep 30, 2024 0.06%
Jun 30, 2024 0.05%
Mar 31, 2024 0.06%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.02%
Sep 30, 2023 1.09%
Jun 30, 2023 0.08%
Mar 31, 2023 0.56%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.04%
Sep 30, 2022 0.91%
Jun 30, 2022 0.08%
Mar 31, 2022 0.08%
Dec 31, 2021 0.02%
Sep 30, 2021 0.08%
Jun 30, 2021 0.10%