First Merchants Corp.

In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed October 24, 2024), First Merchants Corp. reported 396 stock positions worth $2.6 billion. Its top holding was FMPW Inst Money at 6.4% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard 500 Index-Adm (VFIAX, 4.3%) and Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 (SRBRX, 3.5%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 35 new positions, sold out of 11, added to 111 and reduced 160. The biggest buy was a new position in Franklin Electric and the biggest sale an exit from Franklin Electric (FELE).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
Muncie, IN
CIK
0000712534
Portfolio Value
$2.6B (Q3 2024)
SEC Filing
0000712534-24-000337 ↗ filed Oct 24, 2024

Holdings Value

0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B Q1 2024: $1.3B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $2.5B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $2.6B $2.6B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $2.6B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $2.5B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $2.6B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $2.7B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $2.7B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.6B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.8B Q2 2026

Holdings 396 stocks · $2.6B

FMPW INST MONEY 6.42% 167,617,619 $167.6M Add +1.5%
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index-Adm 4.34% 213,170 $113.3M Reduce -2.1%
SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 filed as FED SH INTRM TTL BD 3.54% 9,038,433 $92.4M Reduce -2.6%
FTRLX Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 filed as FED TTL RET BD CL R6 3.47% 9,309,697 $90.6M Reduce -3.7%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 2.27% 586,265 $59.4M Add +0.3%
VIMAX VNGD Mrngst MD-CP Idx FD-Adm 2.17% 173,532 $56.7M Add +1.5%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.09% 234,180 $54.6M Reduce -0.7%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.90% 56,031 $49.6M Reduce -0.2%
VFSUX Vanguard S/T Invest GRD-Adm 1.73% 4,324,589 $45.2M Reduce -1.7%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.64% 99,850 $43.0M Reduce -1.4%
VEIRX Vanguard Equity Income-Adm 1.48% 404,382 $38.7M Reduce -2.5%
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund 1.44% 1,783,862 $37.7M Reduce -2.3%
VBTLX Vanguard TTL BD MKT Idx-Adm 1.38% 3,658,239 $36.1M Reduce -0.5%
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. filed as NORTH ULT-SH FIX INC 1.36% 3,432,980 $35.5M Reduce -1.6%
SFNNX Schwab Fndmnl Intl LRG Comp 1.35% 3,004,620 $35.2M Add +10.5%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 1.34% 203,395 $35.1M Reduce -4.1%
VSMAX Vangrd Mrgstr SML CP Idx-Adm filed as VANGUARD SMALL CAP INDEX ADM 1.34% 307,073 $34.9M Add +0.4%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 1.30% 290,023 $33.9M Reduce -1.3%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.29% 203,679 $33.8M Add +0.2%
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF 1.16% 199,522 $30.3M Reduce -1.0%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 1.07% 291,962 $28.0M Add +1.2%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 1.00% 44,569 $26.1M Reduce -0.9%
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC 1.00% 248,409 $26.0M New
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.92% 128,470 $23.9M Add +5.8%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.86% 42,453 $22.4M Reduce -2.8%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.83% 59,786 $21.6M Add +0.3%
JMGRX Janus Hndrsn Enterprise-I filed as JANUS ENTERPRISE 0.82% 140,097 $21.3M Add +0.7%
FRME First Merchants Corp. 0.80% 562,659 $20.9M Reduce -3.3%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.79% 23,315 $20.7M Reduce -1.6%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.77% 34,518 $20.2M Add +0.9%
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration 0.76% 393,681 $19.8M Add +0.6%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.74% 91,956 $19.4M Add +1.1%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.74% 158,279 $19.2M Reduce -1.4%
VIGAX VNGD Mrngst Grwth Idx FD-Adm 0.73% 96,433 $19.1M Add +0.2%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.71% 93,822 $18.5M Add +4.8%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.71% 229,015 $18.5M Add +2.3%
VWILX Vanguard Intl Growth-Adm 0.71% 156,462 $18.4M Add +4.6%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.70% 66,846 $18.4M Add +0.8%
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. 0.70% 67,525 $18.3M Reduce -0.5%
WCMIX WCM Focused Intl Growth-Inst 0.70% 694,109 $18.2M Reduce -0.7%
APH Amphenol Corp. Class A 0.65% 262,195 $17.1M Add +0.9%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.64% 46,949 $16.6M Add +1.7%
MVCKX MFS Mid Cap Value Fund-R5 0.62% 452,933 $16.3M Add +4.7%
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu 0.57% 121,311 $15.0M Reduce -3.5%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.55% 85,220 $14.5M Reduce -0.3%
DODIX Dodge & Cox Income-I 0.55% 1,119,347 $14.5M Add +3.1%
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm 0.55% 1,043,668 $14.4M Reduce -1.4%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.55% 17,577 $14.3M Reduce -0.2%
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B 0.54% 180,547 $14.1M Add +3.6%
GRANT COUNTY STATE 0.54% 15,310 $14.0M No change
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow 0.53% 150,482 $13.8M Reduce -1.1%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 0.52% 49,381 $13.7M Reduce -1.7%
CB Chubb Ltd. 0.51% 46,346 $13.4M Reduce -1.0%
MFAIX Msif International Adv-I filed as MORGAN STANLEY INTL 0.51% 526,894 $13.3M Add +5.9%
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index 0.49% 565,105 $12.8M Reduce -4.5%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.49% 108,399 $12.7M Reduce -0.1%
BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. 0.46% 12,669 $12.0M Add +4.1%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.46% 141,239 $11.9M Add +7.8%
DHR Danaher Corp. 0.45% 42,592 $11.8M Add +1.3%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.45% 71,818 $11.6M Reduce -1.4%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.43% 27,894 $11.3M Reduce -5.5%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.43% 64,984 $11.3M Reduce -1.0%
VVIAX VNGD Mrgstr Value Idx FD-Adm 0.43% 164,158 $11.2M Add +0.6%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.43% 19,378 $11.1M Reduce -1.6%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.43% 53,727 $11.1M Add +72.6%
PDGIX T Rowe PR Dividend Grow-I 0.42% 133,592 $11.0M Reduce -3.2%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 0.39% 131,109 $10.3M Add +6.6%
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector 0.39% 66,377 $10.2M Add +0.3%
FGTXX Gldmn SCHS Fin SQ GV-FST 0.38% 10,054,155 $10.1M Add +3.4%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.38% 11,110 $9.9M Reduce -4.2%
LIN Linde PLC 0.37% 20,372 $9.7M Reduce -1.2%
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 0.37% 17,014 $9.7M Reduce -5.3%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.36% 16,141 $9.4M Add +3.9%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.36% 16,249 $9.3M Add +7.4%
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. 0.36% 89,738 $9.3M Add +182.6%
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A 0.34% 215,601 $9.0M Reduce -2.4%
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. 0.32% 105,699 $8.5M Reduce -0.5%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.32% 128,619 $8.3M Reduce -0.5%
WCMEX WCM Focus Emrg MRKT-Inst 0.32% 555,015 $8.3M Add +17.2%
PZIEX Pzena Emerg MKTS Val-Inst 0.32% 579,677 $8.2M Add +33.2%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 0.31% 97,249 $8.2M Add +1.0%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.31% 39,433 $8.1M Add +2.4%
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 0.31% 7,024 $8.1M Reduce -0.6%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.30% 35,142 $7.9M Add +0.8%
EOG EOG Resources Inc. 0.30% 63,812 $7.8M Reduce -0.4%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.30% 17,038 $7.8M Reduce -41.2%
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect 0.30% 94,317 $7.8M Reduce -1.1%
VHYAX Vanguard Hi DVD YLD Indx-Adm 0.29% 198,406 $7.7M Reduce -3.9%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.29% 97,185 $7.6M Add +8.1%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.29% 14,457 $7.5M Add +2.0%
IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow 0.28% 63,169 $7.4M Add +2.0%
VMLUX Vanguard Ltd. TRM T/E-Adm 0.28% 675,731 $7.4M Add +4.1%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.28% 50,023 $7.4M Reduce -0.7%
IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 0.28% 82,175 $7.2M Reduce -1.9%
FTNT Fortinet Inc. 0.27% 92,432 $7.2M Reduce -2.4%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 0.27% 13,530 $7.0M Add +5.4%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.26% 21,962 $6.7M Reduce -2.2%
LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. 0.26% 28,049 $6.7M Reduce -2.9%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.25% 58,000 $6.6M Reduce -1.7%
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect 0.25% 32,553 $6.5M Add +0.2%

Show all 396 holdings

Other holdings (9): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $3.5M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP (TFC 5.25 PERP O) PFD 29,009$692KNo change
MORGAN STANLEY 4.431 1/23/30 Fixed Income · principal 625,000$626KNew
INGERSOLL RAND 5.314 6/15/31 Fixed Income · principal 500,000$522KNew
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM 4.625 PERP LL) Common Stock 19,380$448KNo change
PUBLIC STORAGE (PSA 4.625 PERP L) COM 17,000$374KNo change
CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (SCHW 4.45 PERP J) PFD 14,995$335KReduce -21.1%
FLAGSTAR BK NATL ASSN CD 5.150 Cash Equivalents · principal 230,000$231KNew
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 5.250 DUE Cash Equivalents · principal 175,000$175KNew
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 4.800 DUE Fixed Income · principal 75,000$77KNew
Lines left out (1) · $2.9M — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
ROY HOTEL PARTNERS Equities0$2.9M

Filed with a value but no share or principal amount (a cash line, a holding rounded to 0 shares), so they are kept out of the holdings, totals and percentages.

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $2.6B.

Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

FELE Franklin Electric Co. Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.77
GGG Graco Inc. Reduce -82.5% 0.05% −0.22
LRCX Lam Research Corp. Reduce -0.2% 0.55% −0.21
SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 Reduce -2.6% 3.54% −0.20
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -1.4% 1.64% −0.18
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Reduce -41.2% 0.30% −0.17
FTRLX Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 Reduce -3.7% 3.47% −0.17
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Reduce -0.2% 1.90% −0.15
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Reduce -2.1% 0.18% −0.09
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. Reduce -1.6% 1.36% −0.09
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index-Adm Reduce -2.1% 4.34% −0.08
VFSUX Vanguard S/T Invest GRD-Adm Reduce -1.7% 1.73% −0.08
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. Reduce -0.5% 0.32% −0.07
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Reduce -0.5% 0.32% −0.07
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF Reduce -1.0% 1.16% −0.06
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -1.4% 0.74% −0.06
GPC Genuine Parts Co. Reduce -84.2% 0.01% −0.06
SLB SLB Ltd. Reduce -4.9% 0.19% −0.05
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund Reduce -2.3% 1.44% −0.05
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF Reduce -0.9% 1.00% −0.04
VFIDX Vanguard I/T Invest GRD-Adm Reduce -14.8% 0.22% −0.04
CVS CVS Health Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.04
CVX Chevron Corp. Reduce -0.7% 0.28% −0.04
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -15.6% 0.11% −0.03
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -67.1% 0.01% −0.03
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -4.1% 1.34% −0.03
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm Reduce -1.4% 0.55% −0.03
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Reduce -30.2% 0.07% −0.03
EOG EOG Resources Inc. Reduce -0.4% 0.30% −0.02
VBTLX Vanguard TTL BD MKT Idx-Adm Reduce -0.5% 1.38% −0.02
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Reduce -2.8% 0.86% −0.02
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -16.5% 0.17% −0.02
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -1.6% 0.79% −0.02
TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. Reduce -11.1% 0.07% −0.02
NILL FAMILY PTRSP Sold out 0.00% −0.02
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Sold out 0.00% −0.02
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap Reduce -5.3% 0.37% −0.02
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index Reduce -4.5% 0.49% −0.02
VITAX Vanguard Inf Tech Idx-Adm Reduce -2.4% 0.24% −0.01
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.55% −0.01
TBCIX T Rowe PR Blue Chip Grow-I Reduce -7.1% 0.13% −0.01
VBIRX Vanguard S/T BND Indx-Adm Reduce -32.2% 0.03% −0.01
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Reduce -4.2% 0.16% −0.01
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Reduce -0.7% 0.12% −0.01
FMB LOC 3602885 Sold out 0.00% −0.01
BNDX Vanguard Total Intl Bond ETF Reduce -3.0% 0.23% −0.01
VPMAX Vanguard Primecap Fund-Adm Reduce -3.7% 0.14% −0.01
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow Reduce -1.1% 0.53% −0.01
NUE Nucor Corp. Reduce -7.8% 0.05% −0.01
VWNAX Vanguard Windsor II-Adm Reduce -4.2% 0.23% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC New 1.00% +1.00
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. Add +182.6% 0.36% +0.24
HON Honeywell International Inc. Add +72.6% 0.43% +0.16
SFNNX Schwab Fndmnl Intl LRG Comp Add +10.5% 1.35% +0.15
VIMAX VNGD Mrngst MD-CP Idx FD-Adm Add +1.5% 2.17% +0.10
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +2.3% 0.71% +0.10
GOTXX Fed Her Gov Oblig Tax-MN-Ins Add +588.4% 0.11% +0.10
PZIEX Pzena Emerg MKTS Val-Inst Add +33.2% 0.32% +0.09
VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF Add +301.6% 0.10% +0.08
BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. Add +4.1% 0.46% +0.07
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Add +0.9% 0.77% +0.07
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Add +1.7% 0.64% +0.07
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Add +3.9% 0.36% +0.07
MVCKX MFS Mid Cap Value Fund-R5 Add +4.7% 0.62% +0.05
PM Philip Morris International Add +106.0% 0.09% +0.05
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Add +4.8% 0.71% +0.05
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +7.4% 0.36% +0.05
MFAIX Msif International Adv-I Add +5.9% 0.51% +0.05
VSMAX Vangrd Mrgstr SML CP Idx-Adm Add +0.4% 1.34% +0.05
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF Add +7.8% 0.46% +0.05
WCMEX WCM Focus Emrg MRKT-Inst Add +17.2% 0.32% +0.05
VWILX Vanguard Intl Growth-Adm Add +4.6% 0.71% +0.04
NTRA Natera Inc. New 0.04% +0.04
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Add +1.0% 0.31% +0.04
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Add +5.4% 0.27% +0.04
JMGRX Janus Hndrsn Enterprise-I Add +0.7% 0.82% +0.04
AMLP Alerian MLP ETF Add +104.8% 0.07% +0.03
PCT Purecycle Technologies Inc. New 0.03% +0.03
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. Add +239.5% 0.05% +0.03
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Add +5.4% 0.23% +0.03
DHR Danaher Corp. Add +1.3% 0.45% +0.03
BETHEL INVSTMTS III New 0.03% +0.03
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF Add +8.1% 0.29% +0.03
VCADX Vanguard Ca Int TRM T/F-Adm New 0.03% +0.03
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Add +0.1% 0.21% +0.02
ORCL Oracle Corp. Add +12.1% 0.10% +0.02
MEZZANINE LOAN New 0.02% +0.02
MET Metlife Inc. New 0.02% +0.02
PINS Pinterest Inc. Class A New 0.02% +0.02
BETHEL INVSTMNTS LLC New 0.02% +0.02
VEMAX Vanguard Em MKT STK Ind-Adm New 0.02% +0.02
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. New 0.02% +0.02
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. New 0.02% +0.02
VVIAX VNGD Mrgstr Value Idx FD-Adm Add +0.6% 0.43% +0.02
FNF Fidelity National Financial New 0.02% +0.02
MO Altria Group Inc. Add +73.0% 0.04% +0.02
SCHY Schwab International DVD ETF Add +4.8% 0.17% +0.02
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A Add +39.7% 0.05% +0.02
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B Add +3.6% 0.54% +0.02
TPR Tapestry Inc. New 0.01% +0.01

Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

MORGAN STANLEY 4.431 1/23/30 Fixed Income · principal New 625,000 $626K
INGERSOLL RAND 5.314 6/15/31 Fixed Income · principal New 500,000 $522K
CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (SCHW 4.45 PERP J) PFD Reduce -21.1% 14,995 $335K
FLAGSTAR BK NATL ASSN CD 5.150 Cash Equivalents · principal New 230,000 $231K
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 5.250 DUE Cash Equivalents · principal New 175,000 $175K
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 4.800 DUE Fixed Income · principal New 75,000 $77K

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 358$2.8BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, VIMAX
Q1 2026 356$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, BSV
Q4 2025 367$2.7BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, VIMAX
Q3 2025 370$2.7BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, VIMAX
Q2 2025 368$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, VIMAX
Q1 2025 374$2.5BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, BSV
Q4 2024 398$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, AGG
Q3 2024 396$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, AGG
Q2 2024 372$2.5BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, AGG
Q1 2024 215$1.3BAGG, MSFT, AAPL, LLY, IJR