First Merchants (FRMEP) Research & Development (2010 - 2026)

First Merchants has reported Research & Development for 17 years, with the latest figure at $8.0 million in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 13.2% year-over-year to $8.0 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $29.7 million, a 13.24% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $27.5 million, up 1.28% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $8.0 million for Q2 2026 at First Merchants, up from $7.2 million in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Research & Development was $8.0 million in Q2 2026, with the low at $4.4 million in Q1 2022.
• Average Research & Development over 5 years is $6.5 million, with a median of $6.7 million recorded in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Research & Development jumped 42.41% in 2022, then decreased 13.94% in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Research & Development stood at $5.6 million in 2022, then rose by 4.71% to $5.9 million in 2023, then advanced by 2.62% to $6.0 million in 2024, then gained by 24.55% to $7.5 million in 2025, then rose by 7.14% to $8.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $8.0 million (Q2 2026), $7.2 million (Q1 2026), and $7.5 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.