Quick Takeaways
- FRME - FIRST MERCHANTS CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
- Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
- Headline metric: Return On Equity 9.5%.
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FIRST MERCHANTS CORP financial metrics
Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.
- Symbol
- FRME, FRMEP on Nasdaq
- Location
- Muncie, IN
- Fiscal year end
- 31 December
- Latest financial report
- 25 Feb 2026
What Changed
- Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+7.1%</span>.
- Most recent SEC facts end date: 19 Feb 2026.
Why This Matters
- This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
- Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.
Official SEC Source
Based on latest 10-Q/10-K
Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.
See Original FilingLatest SEC snapshot (2026-02-19) highlights Return On Equity 9.5%, Return On Assets 1.2%, and Operating Margin 42.7%.
Financial Quality Score
Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.
27.4/100
Weak Confidence medium
Return On Equity
9.5%
Metric score 8.7/100
Return On Assets
1.2%
Metric score 0.0/100
Financial Health
- Debt to Equity
- 6.83x
Strengths
Operating Margin and NetIncomeLoss YoY
Watchpoints
Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Debt-to-equity
Key metrics snapshot
Return On Equity
9.5%
YoY: +7.1%
Industry median: 11% (n=100)
Return On Assets
1.2%
YoY: +10%
Industry median: 1.1% (n=100)
Operating Margin
43%
YoY:
Debt-to-equity
6.83x
YoY: -3.8%
Industry median: 8.75x (n=96)
NetIncomeLoss YoY
12%
YoY:
Industry median: 20% (n=96)
Profitability
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Equity | 9.5% | +7.1% |
| Return On Assets | 1.2% | +10% |
| Operating Margin | 43% |
Financial Health
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Debt-to-equity | 6.83x | -3.8% |
Growth
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| NetIncomeLoss YoY | 12% |
Share Metrics
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 63,392,748 | +8.7% |
How we score
This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.
| Metric | Weight | V1 threshold |
|---|---|---|
| ROIC | 20 | 5% to 20% |
| ROE | 15 | 8% to 25% |
| ROA | 10 | 2% to 10% |
| Operating Margin | 5 | 5% to 25% |
| Current Ratio | 12 | 1.0x to 2.0x |
| Quick Ratio | 8 | 0.8x to 1.5x |
| Debt to Equity | 10 | 0.3x to 2.0x (lower is better) |
| Revenue YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
| Net Income YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
How Calculated (standard_v1)
Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.
- TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
- Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
- (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
- Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
- TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
- TTM Revenues YoY
- TTM Net Income YoY