First Merchants Corp.

In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed January 30, 2025), First Merchants Corp. reported 398 stock positions worth $2.6 billion. Its top holding was FMPW Inst Money at 8.2% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard 500 Index-Adm (VFIAX, 4.4%) and Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 (FTRLX, 3.5%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 19 new positions, sold out of 17, added to 115 and reduced 169. The biggest buy was FMPW Inst Money (shares +27%) and the biggest sale Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 (SRBRX, shares −31%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
Muncie, IN
CIK
0000712534
Portfolio Value
$2.6B (Q4 2024)
SEC Filing
0000712534-25-000043 ↗ filed Jan 30, 2025

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 Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $2.6B $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 398 stocks · $2.6B

FMPW INST MONEY 8.19% 212,846,504 $212.8M Add +27.0%
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index-Adm 4.40% 210,747 $114.4M Reduce -1.1%
FTRLX Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 filed as FED TTL RET BD CL R6 3.47% 9,657,602 $90.2M Add +3.7%
SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 filed as FED SH INTRM TTL BD 2.41% 6,230,369 $62.7M Reduce -31.1%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 2.27% 608,909 $59.0M Add +3.9%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.19% 226,967 $56.8M Reduce -3.1%
VIMAX VNGD Mrngst MD-CP Idx FD-Adm 2.17% 172,450 $56.4M Reduce -0.6%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.77% 109,170 $46.0M Add +9.3%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 1.77% 198,339 $46.0M Reduce -2.5%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.67% 56,199 $43.4M Add +0.3%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.49% 204,227 $38.7M Add +0.3%
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund 1.39% 1,724,539 $36.3M Reduce -3.3%
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. filed as NORTH ULT-SH FIX INC 1.37% 3,452,710 $35.6M Add +0.6%
VEIRX Vanguard Equity Income-Adm 1.34% 394,561 $34.8M Reduce -2.4%
VSMAX Vangrd Mrgstr SML CP Idx-Adm 1.33% 300,271 $34.6M Reduce -2.2%
BALL Ball Corp. 1.31% 619,205 $34.1M Add +1335.8%
VBTLX Vanguard TTL BD MKT Idx-Adm 1.31% 3,588,624 $34.0M Reduce -1.9%
SFNNX Schwab Fndmnl Intl LRG Comp 1.26% 3,152,876 $32.7M Add +4.9%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 1.25% 281,028 $32.4M Reduce -3.1%
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF 1.21% 197,391 $31.5M Reduce -1.1%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 1.15% 294,589 $29.9M Add +0.9%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.09% 129,203 $28.3M Add +0.6%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 1.06% 44,537 $27.7M Reduce -0.1%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.94% 45,250 $24.4M Add +6.6%
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC 0.93% 248,409 $24.2M No change
FRME First Merchants Corp. 0.84% 549,693 $21.9M Reduce -2.3%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.84% 90,931 $21.8M Reduce -1.1%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.82% 59,350 $21.4M Reduce -0.7%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.80% 66,027 $20.9M Reduce -1.2%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.79% 153,145 $20.6M Reduce -3.2%
JMGRX Janus Hndrsn Enterprise-I filed as JANUS ENTERPRISE 0.77% 140,674 $20.1M Add +0.4%
VIGAX VNGD Mrngst Grwth Idx FD-Adm filed as VANGUARD GROWTH INDEX-ADM 0.77% 94,826 $20.0M Reduce -1.7%
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration 0.76% 393,800 $19.7M Add +0.0%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.70% 202,142 $18.3M Reduce -11.7%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.70% 95,408 $18.2M Add +1.7%
APH Amphenol Corp. Class A 0.70% 260,987 $18.1M Reduce -0.5%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.67% 34,534 $17.5M Add +0.1%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.67% 19,059 $17.5M Reduce -18.3%
VFSUX Vanguard S/T Invest GRD-Adm 0.65% 1,636,060 $16.9M Reduce -62.2%
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. 0.64% 67,403 $16.6M Reduce -0.2%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.64% 47,009 $16.5M Add +0.1%
VWILX Vanguard Intl Growth-Adm 0.62% 158,416 $16.1M Add +1.3%
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm 0.59% 1,124,758 $15.3M Add +7.8%
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu 0.58% 119,954 $15.0M Reduce -1.1%
WCMIX WCM Focused Intl Growth-Inst 0.57% 684,125 $14.9M Reduce -1.4%
MVCKX MFS Mid Cap Value Fund-R5 0.56% 458,916 $14.6M Add +1.3%
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B 0.56% 194,931 $14.6M Add +8.0%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 0.55% 49,063 $14.4M Reduce -0.6%
GRANT COUNTY STATE 0.54% 15,310 $14.0M No change
DODIX Dodge & Cox Income-I 0.52% 1,098,873 $13.6M Reduce -1.8%
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow 0.52% 147,872 $13.4M Reduce -1.7%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.50% 181,406 $13.1M Add +3.2%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.50% 107,974 $13.0M Reduce -0.4%
BLK BlackRock Inc. 0.49% 12,530 $12.8M Reduce -1.1%
MFAIX Msif International Adv-I filed as MORGAN STANLEY INTL 0.49% 534,100 $12.8M Add +1.4%
CB Chubb Ltd. 0.49% 46,113 $12.7M Reduce -0.5%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.46% 53,395 $12.1M Reduce -0.6%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.45% 11,135 $11.8M Add +0.2%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 0.45% 152,720 $11.8M Add +16.5%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.44% 422,104 $11.5M Reduce -0.4%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.44% 19,634 $11.5M Add +1.3%
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index 0.43% 544,099 $11.3M Reduce -3.7%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.42% 65,337 $11.0M Add +0.5%
FGTXX Gldmn SCHS Fin SQ GV-FST filed as GS FIN SQ GOVT 0.42% 10,949,548 $10.9M Add +8.9%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.42% 27,867 $10.8M Reduce -0.1%
VVIAX VNGD Mrgstr Value Idx FD-Adm 0.41% 161,371 $10.7M Reduce -1.7%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.38% 68,924 $10.0M Reduce -4.0%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.38% 65,393 $9.9M Reduce -23.3%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.38% 16,825 $9.9M Add +3.5%
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector 0.38% 71,368 $9.8M Add +7.5%
PDGIX T Rowe PR Dividend Grow-I 0.37% 126,404 $9.7M Reduce -5.4%
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 0.37% 16,865 $9.6M Reduce -0.9%
DHR Danaher Corp. 0.36% 41,289 $9.5M Reduce -3.1%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.36% 125,255 $9.3M Reduce -2.6%
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. 0.35% 90,299 $9.2M Add +0.6%
FTNT Fortinet Inc. 0.34% 92,546 $8.7M Add +0.1%
LIN Linde PLC 0.33% 20,320 $8.5M Reduce -0.3%
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 0.32% 6,968 $8.3M Reduce -0.8%
WCMEX WCM Focus Emrg MRKT-Inst 0.32% 557,344 $8.2M Add +0.4%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.31% 35,052 $8.2M Reduce -0.3%
IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow 0.31% 62,647 $7.9M Reduce -0.8%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.30% 16,212 $7.9M Add +0.4%
EOG EOG Resources Inc. 0.30% 64,029 $7.8M Add +0.3%
VMLUX Vanguard Ltd. TRM T/E-Adm 0.30% 708,249 $7.7M Add +4.8%
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A 0.29% 202,656 $7.6M Reduce -6.0%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.29% 16,722 $7.6M Reduce -1.9%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.29% 39,739 $7.5M Add +0.8%
VHYAX Vanguard Hi DVD YLD Indx-Adm 0.28% 192,593 $7.4M Reduce -2.9%
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect 0.28% 92,312 $7.3M Reduce -2.1%
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect 0.28% 32,252 $7.2M Reduce -0.9%
IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 0.28% 81,418 $7.2M Reduce -0.9%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.27% 49,022 $7.1M Reduce -2.0%
PZIEX Pzena Emerg MKTS Val-Inst 0.27% 597,423 $7.1M Add +3.1%
CPRT Copart Inc. 0.27% 122,998 $7.1M Add +0.1%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.27% 99,966 $7.0M Add +2.9%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 0.27% 97,047 $7.0M Reduce -0.2%
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.26% 12,721 $6.8M Reduce -4.8%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 0.26% 13,542 $6.7M Add +0.1%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.25% 24,468 $6.5M Add +2.0%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.25% 14,406 $6.4M Reduce -0.3%

Show all 398 holdings

Other holdings (8): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $2.5M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
MORGAN STANLEY 4.431 1/23/30 Fixed Income · principal 625,000$608KNo change
INGERSOLL RAND 5.314 6/15/31 Fixed Income · principal 500,000$505KNo change
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP (TFC 5.25 PERP O) PFD 21,420$451KReduce -26.2%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM 4.625 PERP LL) Common Stock 12,160$250KReduce -37.3%
FLAGSTAR BK NATL ASSN CD 5.150 Cash Equivalents · principal 230,000$231KNo change
PUBLIC STORAGE (PSA 4.625 PERP L) COM 11,000$213KReduce -35.3%
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 5.250 DUE Cash Equivalents · principal 175,000$175KNo change
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 4.800 DUE Fixed Income · principal 75,000$76KNo change

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

Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024

SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 Reduce -31.1% 2.41% −1.13
VFSUX Vanguard S/T Invest GRD-Adm Reduce -62.2% 0.65% −1.08
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. Reduce -79.2% 0.05% −0.28
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -23.3% 0.38% −0.17
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Reduce -85.3% 0.03% −0.15
VEIRX Vanguard Equity Income-Adm Reduce -2.4% 1.34% −0.14
WCMIX WCM Focused Intl Growth-Inst Reduce -1.4% 0.57% −0.13
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -18.3% 0.67% −0.12
LNT Alliant Energy Corp. Reduce -70.2% 0.05% −0.12
DHR Danaher Corp. Reduce -3.1% 0.36% −0.09
VBTLX Vanguard TTL BD MKT Idx-Adm Reduce -1.9% 1.31% −0.07
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -4.0% 0.38% −0.06
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. Reduce -0.2% 0.64% −0.06
GOTXX Fed Her Gov Oblig Tax-MN-Ins Reduce -53.0% 0.05% −0.06
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index Reduce -3.7% 0.43% −0.06
CIFRX Columbia Corporate Inc.-Adv Sold out 0.00% −0.06
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Reduce -3.1% 1.25% −0.05
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Reduce -6.0% 0.29% −0.05
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Reduce -0.2% 0.27% −0.05
PDGIX T Rowe PR Dividend Grow-I Reduce -5.4% 0.37% −0.05
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund Reduce -3.3% 1.39% −0.05
LIN Linde PLC Reduce -0.3% 0.33% −0.04
SLB SLB Ltd. Reduce -16.2% 0.14% −0.04
ADBE Adobe Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.25% −0.04
EKIZX Allspring Adj RT GVT-Inst Sold out 0.00% −0.04
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF Reduce -17.8% 0.16% −0.03
DODIX Dodge & Cox Income-I Reduce -1.8% 0.52% −0.03
LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. Reduce -1.1% 0.22% −0.03
XLB SS Materials Select Sector Reduce -0.7% 0.21% −0.03
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -3.1% 0.20% −0.03
VWNAX Vanguard Windsor II-Adm Reduce -2.6% 0.20% −0.03
VTMGX Vanguard Dev MKT Indx-Adm Reduce -2.4% 0.21% −0.03
XLRE SS Real Estate Select Sector Reduce -2.7% 0.21% −0.03
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. Reduce -45.0% 0.02% −0.02
ROY OUTLOT 2 PRTNRS Sold out 0.00% −0.02
BNDX Vanguard Total Intl Bond ETF Reduce -8.5% 0.21% −0.02
OMC Omnicom Group Reduce -2.9% 0.10% −0.02
AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. Reduce -11.4% 0.07% −0.02
CB Chubb Ltd. Reduce -0.5% 0.49% −0.02
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Reduce -2.1% 0.28% −0.02
VBILX Vanguard Intrm BND Idx-Adm Reduce -14.8% 0.09% −0.02
RTX RTX Corp. Reduce -5.3% 0.20% −0.02
COP Conocophillips Reduce -4.3% 0.19% −0.02
ALC Alcon Inc. Reduce -10.0% 0.06% −0.02
FNWFX Amer FNDS New World-F3 Reduce -36.9% 0.02% −0.02
VVIAX VNGD Mrgstr Value Idx FD-Adm Reduce -1.7% 0.41% −0.02
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.42% −0.02
EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi Reduce -8.2% 0.11% −0.02
NUE Nucor Corp. Reduce -7.5% 0.04% −0.02
ORCL Oracle Corp. Reduce -14.4% 0.08% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024

FMPW INST MONEY Add +27.0% 8.19% +1.77
BALL Ball Corp. Add +1335.8% 1.31% +1.20
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +0.3% 1.49% +0.19
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +0.6% 1.09% +0.17
ZTS Zoetis Inc. Add +946.4% 0.16% +0.14
CEG Constellation Energy New 0.13% +0.13
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Add +9.3% 1.77% +0.12
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +0.9% 1.15% +0.08
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +6.6% 0.94% +0.08
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Add +0.2% 0.45% +0.07
FTNT Fortinet Inc. Add +0.1% 0.34% +0.06
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Add +16.5% 0.45% +0.06
SRINX Columbia Sel Corp. Inc. Class I New 0.05% +0.05
PERSONAL PROPERTY - INDIANAPOLI New 0.05% +0.05
PM Philip Morris International Add +46.3% 0.13% +0.04
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. Add +0.0% 0.23% +0.04
FUAMX Fidelty Intrm Trsry BND Indx Add +174.3% 0.06% +0.04
FGTXX Gldmn SCHS Fin SQ GV-FST Add +8.9% 0.42% +0.04
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm Add +7.8% 0.59% +0.04
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Add +5.0% 0.20% +0.03
CPRT Copart Inc. Add +0.1% 0.27% +0.03
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +3.5% 0.38% +0.02
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Add +20.3% 0.15% +0.02
MO Altria Group Inc. Add +56.1% 0.06% +0.02
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Add +1.3% 0.13% +0.02
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Add +105.6% 0.04% +0.02
VEMAX Vanguard Em MKT STK Ind-Adm Add +130.1% 0.04% +0.02
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B Add +8.0% 0.56% +0.02
XLC SS Comm Select Sector SPDR Add +1.1% 0.21% +0.02
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +1.3% 0.44% +0.02
INBK First Internet Bancorp New 0.02% +0.02
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Add +0.4% 0.07% +0.01
GVI iShares Intermediate Governm New 0.01% +0.01
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +0.0% 0.11% +0.01
TSLA Tesla Inc. Add +7.5% 0.04% +0.01
VMLUX Vanguard Ltd. TRM T/E-Adm Add +4.8% 0.30% +0.01
SCHO Schwab Short-Term US Treas New 0.01% +0.01
GLD SPDR Gold Shares New 0.01% +0.01
EPD Enterprise Products Partners New 0.01% +0.01
FDL First Trust Morn DVD Lead Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
MMM 3M Co. New 0.01% +0.01
BMO Bank of Montreal New 0.01% +0.01
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. Add +0.6% 1.37% +0.01
CRM Salesforce Inc. Add +0.1% 0.05% +0.01
IYC iShares US Consumer Discreti New 0.01% +0.01
ANSS Ansys Inc. Add +1.6% 0.13% +0.01
CAH Cardinal Health Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
L RYAN PN DTD 12-1-24 6.5 $265 New 0.01% +0.01
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +9.5% 0.07% +0.01
CIEN Ciena Corp. New 0.01% +0.01

Notes & Other Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024

ROY HOTEL PARTNERS Equities Sold out 0 $2.9Mbefore exit
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP (TFC 5.25 PERP O) PFD Reduce -26.2% 21,420 $451K
CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (SCHW 4.45 PERP J) PFD Sold out 14,995 $335Kbefore exit
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM 4.625 PERP LL) Common Stock Reduce -37.3% 12,160 $250K
PUBLIC STORAGE (PSA 4.625 PERP L) COM Reduce -35.3% 11,000 $213K

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