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First Merchants Bank

IDRSSD: 17147
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Vital Signs Report — 2023-Q4

Per-quarter snapshot for 2023-Q4: composite Vital Signs Score, all five pillars, and ranked Watch Items.

Synthesis

Vital Signs Score
90
/ 100
StrongAs of 2023-Q4QoQ +11

Weighted composite of five pillars (Liquidity, Securities, Capitalization, Asset Quality, Reserves). Missing pillars are dropped from the denominator. See methodology footer.

Quarterly Headline

2023-Q4

Bank #17147 2023-Q4 Vital Signs Score: 90/100 — overall strong. Strongest pillar: Securities (strong). Weakest pillar: Liquidity (stable).

Liquidity:Stable
Securities:Strong
Capitalization:Strong
Asset Quality:Strong
Reserves:Strong

Top 3 Watch Items

  1. info
    Cash / Assets below 3%
    Liquidity — Cash 3.00% of assets (threshold 3%).

What changed this quarter

Compared to Q3 2023:
+11 ptscomposite
  • Liquidity
    0
  • Securities
  • Capitalization
    +1
  • Asset Quality
    +29
  • Reserves

The five pillars

Liquidity

StableQoQ 0
75
Sub-score

Liquidity is stable: brokered 4.2%, loans/deposits 82.4%, cash 3.0% of assets.

Cash / Assets
3.00%
Loans / Deposits
82.43%
Brokered %
4.21%

Watch Items

  • infoCash / Assets below 3%Cash 3.00% of assets (threshold 3%).

Securities

Strong
100
Sub-score

Securities profile is strong: securities 11.9% of assets.

MtM Loss / Tier 1
SVB watch metric
Securities / Assets
11.94%
No watch items at this period.

Capitalization

StrongQoQ +1
81
Sub-score

Capital position is strong: Tier 1 RBC 11.80%, CET1 11.80%, leverage 9.50%.

Tier 1 RBC
11.80%
CET1
11.80%
Leverage
9.50%
No watch items at this period.

Asset Quality

StrongQoQ +29
100
Sub-score

Asset quality is strong: Adjusted NPL 0.44%, Texas Ratio 2.8%, NCO YTD 0.10%.

Adjusted NPL
0.44%
Govt-guarantees stripped
Texas Ratio
2.8%
NCO YTD
0.10%
30-89 PD
0.33%
Band 0.3% / 3.0%
90+ PD
0.00%
Band 0.1% / 2.0%
No watch items at this period.

Reserves

Strong
100
Sub-score

Reserves are strong: ALLL 1.64% of loans, coverage 381.3%, true coverage 191.1%.

ALLL / Loans
1.64%
Coverage
381.3%
True Loss Coverage
191.1%
No watch items at this period.

Methodology + sources

Vital Signs Score
Composite of five pillar sub-scores, each 0–100. Weights: Liquidity 20%, Securities 15%, Capitalization 25%, Asset Quality 25%, Reserves 15%. See functions/src/vitalSignsScore.ts for the complete formula and band anchors.
Period addressing
Per-quarter URLs accept "YYYY-Q{n}" (canonical), "YYYYqQ" (compact form), or "YYYY-MM-DD" quarter-end dates. All forms canonicalize to the same snapshot.
Source data
FFIEC Call Report Schedules RC, RC-A, RC-B, RC-E, RC-M, RC-N, RC-R, RI, and RI-B Pt I/II via CallReport_Financials + CallReport_FdicData (Visbanking nightly ingest).

Five-pillar framework follows industry-standard bank-health analytical conventions. Composite scoring is Visbanking's own.

Generated: 2026-05-13 16:48:22 UTC