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First Merchants Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial IN FDIC cert 4365

Muncie, IN

135 branches across IN · MI · OH · IL

137 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 4 in IN
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First Merchants Bank has 1 strength but faces 4 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.41% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Return on Assets 0.62% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 19.67% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.21% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.40% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $21.0B
+14.2% YoY +10.7% QoQ
-$25.9B $47.0B
-1.9% YoY
$2.5B
+12.1% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
39%
Total Loans ? $15.5B
+20.4% YoY +13.5% QoQ
-$13.9B $29.4B
-0.4% YoY
$1.7B
+14.1% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
47%
Total Deposits ? $16.5B
+13.8% YoY +7.7% QoQ
-$21.9B $38.4B
-1.6% YoY
$2.0B
+11.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
38%
Return on Assets ? 0.66%
-46.9% YoY -47.5% QoQ
-0.62% 1.28%
+18.7% YoY
0.81%
-6.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 8.8% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.38%
+6.5% YoY +5.1% QoQ
-0.40% 3.77%
+5.8% YoY
3.60%
+8.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
42%
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.68%
+33.3% YoY +34.0% QoQ
+19.67% 54.01%
-3.7% YoY
105.71%
+27.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 6.6% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.61%
-9.7% YoY +11.8% QoQ
-0.41% 1.02%
-3.8% YoY
0.90%
+15.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
59%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 93.56%
+5.7% YoY +5.4% QoQ
+12.77% 80.79%
+1.9% YoY
81.10%
+0.7% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
22%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.87%
+48.7% YoY +61.0% QoQ
+2.83% 20.04%
+0.2% YoY
17.15%
-0.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
52%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.45%
-8.8% YoY +15.1% QoQ
-0.27% 0.72%
+4.2% YoY
0.67%
+21.6% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
58%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.58%
-0.6% YoY -2.4% QoQ
-3.94% 15.51%
-0.4% YoY
16.04%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 12.4% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.01%
-93.0% YoY -98.3% QoQ
-0.21% 0.22%
+0.3% YoY
0.79%
-14.5% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 3.6% in tier

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 137 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

133
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.01%
Peer Median: 0.22%
#133 of 137 Bottom 3.6% in $10B-$250B
129
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 73.68%
Peer Median: 54.01%
#129 of 137 Bottom 6.6% in $10B-$250B
126
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.66%
Peer Median: 1.28%
#126 of 137 Bottom 8.8% in $10B-$250B
121
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.58%
Peer Median: 15.51%
#121 of 137 Bottom 12.4% in $10B-$250B
108
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 93.56%
Peer Median: 80.79%
#108 of 137 Bottom 21.9% in $10B-$250B
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