First Merchants (FRME) Return on Equity ROE from the first quarter 2026 to first quarter 2025 and annually, average high and low, overall ranking from Mar 31 2026 to Mar 31 2025 - CSIMarket
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First Merchants Corp  (NASDAQ: FRME)
    Sector • Financial    Industry • Commercial Banks
   Industry • Commercial Banks
   Sector • Financial

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What is ROE for First Merchants in the first quarter 2026?
First Merchants Corp achieved a return on average equity (ROE) of 8.03 % in its first quarter 2026, which is below First Merchants's average return on equity, which stands at 9.34%.

ROE decreased relative to the period ending , due to the decline in net income.

Within the Commercial Banks industry 69 other companies had a higher return on equity. While return on equity, the total ranking has deteriorated compared to the fourth quarter 2025 from 1314 to 1673.

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Return On Equity (Mar 31 2026)
I. Quarter		 (Dec 31 2025)
IV. Quarter		 (Sep 30 2025)
III. Quarter		 (Jun 30 2025)
II. Quarter		 (Mar 31 2025)
I. Quarter
Y / Y Equity Change 14.59 % 7.01 % 4.78 % 6.12 % -
Y / Y Net Income Change -49.12 % -11.32 % 15.41 % 42.35 % 15.43 %
Net Income (TTM) in Millions 199 226 233 226 209
Return On Equity (TTM) 8.03 % 9.46 % 9.93 % 9.72 % 9.13 %
FRME's Total Ranking # 1673 # 1314 # 580 # 968 # 1279
Equity (TTM) in Millions 2,673 2,467 2,412 2,348 2,332
Seq. Equity Change 8.35 % 2.25 % 2.74 % 0.67 % 1.18 %
Seq. Net Income Change -50.66 % 0.53 % -0.12 % 2.7 % -14 %

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Return On Equity Company Ranking
Within: No.
Industry # 70
Sector # 506
Overall # 1673

Return On Equity Statistics
High Average Low
12.64 %
9.34 %
4.9 %
  (Jun 30 2012)





FRME Annual Return On Equity (Dec 31 2025)
2025		 (Dec 31 2024)
2024		 (Dec 31 2023)
2023		 (Dec 31 2022)
2022		 (Dec 31 2021)
2021
Total Equity in Millions 2,467 2,305 2,248 2,035 1,913
Y / Y Equity Change 7.01 % 2.55 % 10.47 % 6.39 % 1.97 %
Net Income in Millions 226 201 224 222 206
Y / Y Net Income Change 12.21 % -10 % 0.76 % 8.06 % 38.31 %
Return On Equity 9.16 % 8.74 % 9.96 % 10.91 % 10.75 %

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Annual Roe Comment
In 2025 ROE improved to 9.16 % compared to the previous year, due to net income growth.


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Date modified: 2026-09-08T15:11:40+00:00



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