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6.92Debt to Equity Ratio
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Industry
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$ 34.13 - $ 45.25 52-Week Range
Ticker Information

Ticker

FRME

Company Name

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP

Sector

Financial Services

Industry

Banks - Regional

Exchange

NASDAQ

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP - Debt to Equity Ratio Chart Analysis (TTM)

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FRME - D/E Historical data
DateDebt to Equity RatioShareholders EquityTotal Liabilities
6/30/20256.92$ 2.35B$ 16.24B
3/31/20256.91$ 2.33B$ 16.11B
12/31/20246.94$ 2.3B$ 16.01B
9/30/20246.97$ 2.3B$ 16.05B
6/30/20247.27$ 2.21B$ 16.09B
3/31/20247.23$ 2.22B$ 16.09B
12/31/20237.19$ 2.25B$ 16.16B
9/30/20237.6$ 2.09B$ 15.9B
6/30/20237.37$ 2.15B$ 15.82B
3/31/20237.57$ 2.12B$ 16.06B
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Key Performance Insights, Last 5 Years

  • FIRST MERCHANTS CORP's latest trailing twelve months (TTM) D/E stands at 6.49.
  • Over the past 5 years, FIRST MERCHANTS CORP's average D/E has been 7.24.
  • The median D/E for FIRST MERCHANTS CORP during this period was 7.14
  • FIRST MERCHANTS CORP reached its highest D/E over the past 5 years at 8.29.
  • The lowest D/E recorded by FIRST MERCHANTS CORP in the same timeframe 6.49

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP's D/E vs. competitors

We picked the following companies as peers based on multiple factors, including sector, industry, market capitalization and revenue

D/E Benchmarks
CompanyD/E
BANR : BANNER CORP 7.81NBTB : NBT BANCORP INC 7.87EFSC : ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP 7.36PPBI : PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC 4.98BOH : BANK OF HAWAII CORP 12.6OFG : OFG BANCORP 8.17CUBI : CUSTOMERS BANCORP INC 11.1TRMK : TRUSTMARK CORP 7.99WAFD : WAFD INC 7.87SBCF : SEACOAST BANKING CORP OF FLORIDA 6.02

Definition of Debt to Equity Ratio

[Calculation] Debt to Equity (D/E) measures the ratio between a company’s [Liabilities] and [Equity]. A high ratio might indicate more risk.
Liabilities / Equity
(=) D/E
D/E for FIRST MERCHANTS CORP is calculated as follows: Liabilities [ $ 11.9B ] / Equity [ $ 1.83B ]
(=) D/E [ 6.49 ]

FRME - Debt to Equity Ratio, Last 5 years

6.49

Minimum

Sep 30, 2020

8.29

Maximum

Sep 30, 2022

7.24

Average

7.14

Median

D/E Benchmark Analysis

The chart above depicts the distribution of D/E for companies in the Total Stock Market. The average D/E of the companies is 1.4 with a standard deviation of 1.31.
The following table provides additional summary stats:
D/E in the Market:
filtered constituents3.29K
min0
max6.06
average1.4
median0.98
std1.31