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First Merchants (FRME) Times Interest Earned: 2009-2024

Historic Times Interest Earned for First Merchants (FRME) over the last 16 years, with Dec 2024 value amounting to -$0.83.

  • First Merchants' Times Interest Earned fell 10.67% to -$0.88 in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was -$0.90, marking a year-over-year decrease of 7.04%. This contributed to the annual value of -$0.83 for FY2024, which is 21.14% up from last year.
  • As of FY2024, First Merchants' Times Interest Earned stood at -$0.83, which was up 21.14% from -$1.05 recorded in FY2023.
  • First Merchants' 5-year Times Interest Earned high stood at -$0.83 for FY2024, and its period low was -$7.14 during FY2021.
  • Its 3-year average for Times Interest Earned is -$1.94, with a median of -$1.05 in 2023.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, First Merchants' Times Interest Earned slumped by 92.39% in 2021 and then skyrocketed by 73.40% in 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, First Merchants' Times Interest Earned (Yearly) stood at -$3.71 in 2020, then slumped by 92.39% to -$7.14 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 44.86% to -$3.94 in 2022, then surged by 73.40% to -$1.05 in 2023, then climbed by 21.14% to -$0.83 in 2024.