KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

First Merchants (FRME) Times Interest Earned (2016 - 2025)

First Merchants' Times Interest Earned history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at -$1.28 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Times Interest Earned fell 32.22% year-over-year to -$1.28; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$1.01, down 14.53%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$1.0, 11.31% down from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned reached -$1.28 in Q4 2025 per FRME's latest filing, down from -$0.92 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Times Interest Earned ranged from a high of $3.53 in Q4 2021 to a low of -$46.4 in Q2 2022.
  • Average Times Interest Earned over 5 years is -$11.15, with a median of -$0.95 recorded in 2024.
  • The largest YoY upside for Times Interest Earned was 157.91% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 1013.77% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Times Interest Earned shows it stood at $3.53 in 2021, then plummeted by 124.2% to -$0.85 in 2022, then rose by 10.01% to -$0.77 in 2023, then dropped by 25.79% to -$0.97 in 2024, then crashed by 32.22% to -$1.28 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FRME's Times Interest Earned are -$1.28 (Q4 2025), -$0.92 (Q3 2025), and -$0.9 (Q2 2025).