FRME Nasdaq National Commercial Banks Financials FY2016βFY2025
First Merchants Corp had $663M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 2.5% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.1% a year on average.
Last close Β· Oct 26, 2026
$41.09
+$3.82 (+10.25%) past year
Hi! I read First Merchants Corpβs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
+2.5%
Only a little. Sales grew 2.5% last year.
Does it make a profit?
34.1%
Yes. It keeps 34.1% of every sale as profit.
How lean are its costs?
57.7%
Average. Running costs take 57.7% of revenue.
How much does it earn on its capital?
9.5%
Fair. It earns 9.5% a year on shareholdersβ money.
How is the share priced?
12.1x
One share costs 12.1 times its yearly profit per share.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
KIRA summarises the numbers
First Merchants Corp had $663M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 2.5% on the year before.
Over five years, revenue changed +6.1% a year on average.
Revenue
Revenue
Net interest income share and efficiency ratio
Net interest income share and efficiency ratio
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Loss periods are shown in red.
KIRA summarises the numbers
First Merchants Corp made $226M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 7.8% a year.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA summarises the numbers
First Merchants Corp returned $130M to shareholders in fiscal 2025.
The diluted share count fell 1.4%.
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
KIRA summarises the numbers
In the last 12 months, insiders sold $1.7M of shares on the open market and bought none.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$1.7M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Stephan FluhlerChief Information Officer, Senior Vice President | Sold | 4,080 | $43.20 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Larry W MyersDirector | Sold | 10,000 | $42.00 | $0.4M | Form 4 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Larry W MyersDirector | Sold | 10,000 | $41.50 | $0.4M | Form 4 |
| May 5, 2026 | Larry W MyersFirst Vice President, Director | Sold | 0 | $40.54 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Larry W MyersFirst Vice President, Director | Sold | 5,000 | $41.50 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Stephan FluhlerChief Information Officer, Senior Vice President | Sold | 4,161 | $41.96 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Eva D. ScurlockChief Risk Officer | Sold | 3,227 | $42.29 | $0.1M | Form 4 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Stephan FluhlerChief Information Officer, Senior Vice President | Sold | 5,689 | $35.55 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
Loans, deposits and capital at each fiscal year end.
Loans and deposits
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans, net | $9.0B | $11.8B | $12.3B | $12.7B | $13.6B |
| Deposits | $12.7B | $14.4B | $14.8B | $14.5B | $15.3B |
| Loans / deposits | 71.0% | 81.9% | 82.9% | 87.2% | 88.9% |
| Total assets | $15.5B | $18.0B | $18.4B | $18.3B | $19.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.5B |
| Goodwill | $545M | $712M | $712M | $712M | $712M |
| Intangible assets | $25.5M | $35.8M | $27.1M | $19.8M | $13.8M |
| Provision / loans | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
For banks, return on equity and the efficiency ratio (costs as a share of revenue) say most about how well the business runs.
KIRA summarises the numbers
It earned 9.5% on shareholdersβ money.
Running costs took 57.7% of revenue (the efficiency ratio; lower is better).
Return on equity, return on tangible equity and efficiency ratio
In plain words: Return on equity is the profit made on shareholdersβ money each year. The efficiency ratio is how much of each dollar of revenue goes on running costs, so lower is better.
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $292M | $348M | $415M | $443M | $492M | $520M | $628M | $651M | $647M | $663M |
| Net interest income | $226M | $277M | $339M | $357M | $382M | $411M | $520M | $545M | $521M | $536M |
| Noninterest income | $65.2M | $71.0M | $76.5M | $86.7M | $110M | $109M | $108M | $106M | $126M | $127M |
| Noninterest expense | $177M | $206M | $220M | $247M | $263M | $279M | $356M | $388M | $379M | $383M |
| Provision for credit losses | $5.7M | $9.1M | $7.2M | $2.8M | $58.7M | $0.0M | $16.8M | $3.5M | $35.7M | $21.3M |
| Interest expense | $26.8M | $37.6M | $69.1M | $109M | $66.4M | $36.0M | $84.8M | $348M | β | β |
| Pretax income | $109M | $134M | $188M | $194M | $170M | $241M | $256M | $259M | $232M | $259M |
| Income tax | $27.6M | $37.5M | $29.0M | $29.3M | $21.4M | $35.3M | $33.6M | $35.4M | $30.3M | $33.1M |
| Net income | $81.1M | $96.1M | $159M | $164M | $149M | $206M | $222M | $224M | $201M | $226M |
| Net income to common | $81.1M | $96.1M | $159M | $164M | $149M | $206M | $221M | $222M | $200M | $224M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.98 | $2.12 | $3.22 | $3.19 | $2.74 | $3.81 | $3.81 | $3.73 | $3.41 | $3.88 |
| Diluted shares | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $104M | $127M | $180M | $177M | $204M | $215M | $284M | $259M | $266M | $284M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $7.2M | $8.0M | $8.8M | $9.4M | $11.0M | $10.7M | $11.8M | $11.7M | $26.8M | $29.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $2.6M | $2.8M | $3.6M | $4.1M | $4.6M | $4.8M | $4.7M | $5.2M | $5.8M | $7.3M |
| Acquisitions | β | β$54.5M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $2.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $19.0M | $55.9M | $25.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $56.2M | $46.9M |
| Dividends paid | $22.2M | $31.8M | $41.7M | $51.3M | $56.5M | $61.2M | $72.7M | $80.1M | $81.6M | $82.9M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $24.2M | $31.8M | $41.7M | $70.3M | $112M | $86.7M | $72.7M | $80.1M | $138M | $130M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $128M | $155M | $139M | $177M | $193M | $167M | $123M | $113M | $87.6M | $84.2M |
| Loans, net | $5.1B | $6.7B | $7.1B | $8.4B | $9.1B | $9.0B | $11.8B | $12.3B | $12.7B | $13.6B |
| Deposits | $5.6B | $7.2B | $7.8B | $9.8B | $11.4B | $12.7B | $14.4B | $14.8B | $14.5B | $15.3B |
| Property and equipment, net | $94.4M | $95.9M | $93.4M | $113M | $111M | $106M | $117M | $134M | $130M | $121M |
| Goodwill | $244M | $445M | $445M | $544M | $544M | $545M | $712M | $712M | $712M | $712M |
| Intangible assets | $14.9M | $31.1M | $24.4M | $35.0M | $29.0M | $25.5M | $35.8M | $27.1M | $19.8M | $13.8M |
| Total assets | $7.2B | $9.4B | $9.9B | $12.5B | $14.1B | $15.5B | $18.0B | $18.4B | $18.3B | $19.0B |
| Total liabilities | $6.3B | $8.1B | $8.5B | $10.7B | $12.2B | $13.5B | $16.0B | $16.2B | $16.0B | $16.6B |
| Preferred stock | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M | β | β | β | β |
| Shareholders' equity | $902M | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.5B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Net margin | 27.8% | 27.6% | 38.3% | 37.1% | 30.2% | 39.5% | 35.4% | 34.4% | 31.1% | 34.1% |
| Net interest share of revenue | 77.6% | 79.6% | 81.6% | 80.4% | 77.7% | 79.0% | 82.8% | 83.8% | 80.6% | 80.9% |
| Efficiency ratio | 60.8% | 59.0% | 53.0% | 55.7% | 53.5% | 53.7% | 56.6% | 59.6% | 58.6% | 57.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 9.0% | 8.7% | 11.7% | 10.3% | 8.1% | 10.9% | 11.3% | 10.5% | 8.8% | 9.5% |
| Return on assets | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | 12.6% | 11.6% | 17.0% | 13.6% | 11.4% | 15.3% | 17.1% | 14.7% | 12.7% | 12.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 19.4% | 19.2% | 6.7% | 11.0% | 5.7% | 20.8% | 3.6% | β0.7% | 2.5% |
| Net income growth | β | 18.5% | 65.6% | 3.3% | β9.6% | 38.3% | 8.1% | 0.8% | β10.0% | 12.2% |
| EPS growth | β | 7.1% | 51.9% | β0.9% | β14.1% | 39.1% | 0.0% | β2.1% | β8.6% | 13.8% |
| Share count change | β | 10.7% | 9.0% | 4.2% | 5.2% | β0.4% | 7.3% | 2.7% | β1.6% | β1.4% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Loans / deposits | 91.3% | 93.1% | 92.1% | 85.2% | 80.2% | 71.0% | 81.9% | 82.9% | 87.2% | 88.9% |
| Provision / loans | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Accruals ratio | β0.3% | β0.4% | β0.2% | β0.1% | β0.4% | β0.1% | β0.4% | β0.2% | β0.4% | β0.3% |
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000712534). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
