First Merchants (FRMEP) Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026)

First Merchants has reported Payout Ratio for 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.53 in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 44.64% year-over-year to 0.53 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.48, a 29.54% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.37, down 9.57% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.53 for Q2 2026 at First Merchants, down from 0.82 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Payout Ratio was 0.82 in Q1 2026, with the low at 0.27 in Q4 2022.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.41, with a median of 0.37 recorded in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2026: Payout Ratio tumbled 33.82% in 2024, then soared 120.75% in 2026.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.27 in 2022, then surged by 78.63% to 0.48 in 2023, then sank by 33.82% to 0.32 in 2024, then gained by 14.76% to 0.37 in 2025, then soared by 45.1% to 0.53 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.53 (Q2 2026), 0.82 (Q1 2026), and 0.37 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.