First Merchants Corp.

In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed April 24, 2025), First Merchants Corp. reported 374 stock positions worth $2.5 billion. Its top holding was FMPW Inst Money at 9.2% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard 500 Index-Adm (VFIAX, 4.3%) and Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 (FTRLX, 3.4%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 9 new positions, sold out of 33, added to 67 and reduced 208. The biggest buy was Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV, shares +383%) and the biggest sale Ball (BALL, shares −93%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
Muncie, IN
CIK
0000712534
Portfolio Value
$2.5B (Q1 2025)
SEC Filing
0000712534-25-000112 ↗ filed Apr 24, 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 Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $2.5B $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 374 stocks · $2.5B

FMPW INST MONEY 9.17% 229,758,600 $229.8M Add +8.0%
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index-Adm 4.35% 210,240 $108.8M Reduce -0.2%
FTRLX Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 filed as FED TTL RET BD CL R6 3.36% 8,874,235 $84.1M Reduce -8.1%
SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 filed as FED SH INTRM TTL BD 3.07% 7,593,865 $77.0M Add +21.9%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 2.30% 736,894 $57.7M Add +382.5%
VIMAX VNGD Mrngst MD-CP Idx FD-Adm filed as VANGUARD MID CAP INDEX A 2.19% 171,179 $54.8M Reduce -0.7%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.01% 226,620 $50.3M Reduce -0.1%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.64% 49,816 $41.1M Reduce -11.4%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.62% 108,289 $40.7M Reduce -0.8%
VEIRX Vanguard Equity Income-Adm 1.43% 396,870 $35.7M Add +0.6%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 1.38% 350,506 $34.7M Reduce -42.4%
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund 1.34% 1,678,950 $33.6M Reduce -2.6%
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. filed as NORTH ULT-SH FIX INC 1.34% 3,241,531 $33.5M Reduce -6.1%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 1.31% 196,092 $32.8M Reduce -1.1%
SFNNX Schwab Fndmnl Intl LRG Comp 1.29% 2,869,049 $32.3M Reduce -9.0%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.24% 201,551 $31.2M Reduce -1.3%
VBIRX Vanguard S/T BND Indx-Adm 1.15% 2,823,621 $28.9M Add +4389.2%
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF 1.05% 186,559 $26.2M Reduce -5.5%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 1.04% 249,166 $26.1M Reduce -11.3%
VSMAX Vangrd Mrgstr SML CP Idx-Adm filed as VANGUARD SMALL CAP INDEX ADMIRAL SHARES 1.00% 236,512 $25.1M Reduce -21.2%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 1.00% 269,275 $25.0M Reduce -8.6%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.97% 128,049 $24.4M Reduce -0.9%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.95% 46,169 $23.7M Add +2.0%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 0.94% 43,388 $23.5M Reduce -2.6%
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC 0.93% 248,409 $23.3M No change
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.92% 65,916 $23.1M Reduce -0.2%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.88% 59,178 $22.0M Reduce -0.3%
FRME First Merchants Corp. 0.88% 542,610 $21.9M Reduce -1.3%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.87% 89,018 $21.8M Reduce -2.1%
JMGRX Janus Hndrsn Enterprise-I filed as JANUS ENTERPRISE 0.83% 152,774 $20.9M Add +8.6%
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B 0.82% 267,647 $20.5M Add +37.3%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.81% 106,605 $20.3M Add +11.7%
APH Amphenol Corp. Class A 0.69% 261,534 $17.2M Add +0.2%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.66% 17,461 $16.5M Reduce -8.4%
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm 0.65% 1,214,359 $16.4M Add +8.0%
VWILX Vanguard Intl Growth-Adm 0.65% 157,989 $16.3M Reduce -0.3%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.65% 150,129 $16.3M Reduce -2.0%
GRANT COUNTY STATE 0.65% 15,310 $16.3M No change
MVCKX MFS Mid Cap Value Fund-R5 0.65% 522,138 $16.2M Add +13.8%
DODIX Dodge & Cox Income-I 0.64% 1,280,188 $16.1M Add +16.5%
VBTLX Vanguard TTL BD MKT Idx-Adm 0.64% 1,657,937 $16.0M Reduce -53.8%
WCMIX WCM Focused Intl Growth-Inst 0.64% 695,185 $15.9M Add +1.6%
VFSUX Vanguard S/T Invest GRD-Adm 0.63% 1,511,592 $15.7M Reduce -7.6%
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. 0.63% 67,230 $15.7M Reduce -0.3%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.62% 177,274 $15.6M Reduce -12.3%
VIGAX VNGD Mrngst Grwth Idx FD-Adm 0.60% 79,318 $15.1M Reduce -16.4%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 0.59% 48,478 $14.8M Reduce -1.2%
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration 0.57% 287,175 $14.4M Reduce -27.1%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.57% 45,557 $14.2M Reduce -3.1%
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu 0.57% 118,596 $14.2M Reduce -1.1%
CB Chubb Ltd. 0.55% 45,776 $13.8M Reduce -0.7%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.53% 109,235 $13.3M Add +1.2%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.53% 181,965 $13.2M Add +0.3%
MFAIX Msif International Adv-I filed as MORGAN STANLEY INTL 0.51% 524,781 $12.8M Reduce -1.7%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.49% 58,318 $12.2M Add +95.7%
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow 0.49% 146,613 $12.2M Reduce -0.8%
BLK BlackRock Inc. 0.46% 12,148 $11.5M Reduce -3.0%
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. 0.46% 91,913 $11.4M Add +1.8%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.45% 150,511 $11.4M Add +50.6%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.45% 68,308 $11.3M Reduce -0.9%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.45% 53,262 $11.3M Reduce -0.3%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.45% 401,443 $11.2M Reduce -4.9%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.44% 64,629 $11.0M Reduce -1.1%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.44% 19,481 $10.9M Reduce -0.8%
VVIAX VNGD Mrgstr Value Idx FD-Adm 0.42% 156,288 $10.5M Reduce -3.1%
PZIEX Pzena Emerg MKTS Val-Inst 0.40% 801,500 $10.1M Add +34.2%
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index 0.40% 517,545 $10.1M Reduce -4.9%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.40% 27,196 $10.0M Reduce -2.4%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.40% 17,237 $9.9M Add +2.5%
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 0.39% 6,894 $9.9M Reduce -1.1%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.39% 125,916 $9.9M Add +0.5%
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector 0.39% 67,348 $9.8M Reduce -5.6%
AVUV Avantis US Small Cap Value 0.39% 112,315 $9.8M New
LIN Linde PLC 0.38% 20,340 $9.5M Add +0.1%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.37% 61,227 $9.2M Reduce -6.4%
GVI iShares Intermediate Governm 0.37% 86,447 $9.2M Add +2240.2%
FTNT Fortinet Inc. 0.36% 93,989 $9.0M Add +1.6%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.36% 11,233 $8.9M Add +0.9%
PDGIX T Rowe PR Dividend Grow-I 0.35% 113,169 $8.9M Reduce -10.5%
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 0.35% 16,616 $8.9M Reduce -1.5%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.35% 16,393 $8.7M Reduce -2.0%
DHR Danaher Corp. 0.33% 40,579 $8.3M Reduce -1.7%
EOG EOG Resources Inc. 0.32% 63,089 $8.1M Reduce -1.5%
IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow 0.32% 68,528 $8.1M Add +9.4%
VMLUX Vanguard Ltd. TRM T/E-Adm 0.32% 736,392 $8.0M Add +4.0%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.32% 15,235 $8.0M Reduce -55.9%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.31% 45,773 $7.7M Reduce -6.6%
WCMEX WCM Focus Emrg MRKT-Inst 0.30% 519,233 $7.6M Reduce -6.8%
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect 0.29% 88,412 $7.2M Reduce -4.2%
CPRT Copart Inc. 0.29% 127,116 $7.2M Add +3.4%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.29% 54,096 $7.2M Reduce -3.5%
FGTXX Gldmn SCHS Fin SQ GV-FST filed as GS FIN SQ GOVT 0.28% 7,122,973 $7.1M Reduce -35.0%
VHYAX Vanguard Hi DVD YLD Indx-Adm 0.28% 182,881 $7.1M Reduce -5.0%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.28% 34,402 $7.1M Reduce -1.9%
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 0.28% 96,589 $7.1M Add +44.3%
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A 0.28% 191,714 $7.1M Reduce -5.4%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.28% 39,025 $7.0M Reduce -1.8%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 0.28% 13,795 $7.0M Add +1.9%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.28% 22,369 $7.0M Add +2.5%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 0.27% 96,098 $6.8M Reduce -1.0%

Show all 374 holdings

Other holdings (7): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $2.3M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
MORGAN STANLEY 4.431 1/23/30 Fixed Income · principal 625,000$617KNo change
INGERSOLL RAND 5.314 6/15/31 Fixed Income · principal 500,000$511KNo change
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP (TFC 5.25 PERP O) PFD 21,420$456KNo change
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM 4.625 PERP LL) Common Stock 12,160$244KNo change
FLAGSTAR BK NATL ASSN CD 5.150 Cash Equivalents · principal 230,000$230KNo change
PUBLIC STORAGE (PSA 4.625 PERP L) COM 11,000$209KNo change
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 4.800 DUE Fixed Income · principal 75,000$76KNo change

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $2.5B.

Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

BALL Ball Corp. Reduce -93.1% 0.09% −1.22
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -42.4% 1.38% −0.88
VBTLX Vanguard TTL BD MKT Idx-Adm Reduce -53.8% 0.64% −0.67
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -1.1% 1.31% −0.46
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Reduce -55.9% 0.32% −0.35
VSMAX Vangrd Mrgstr SML CP Idx-Adm Reduce -21.2% 1.00% −0.33
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Reduce -79.2% 0.06% −0.24
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Reduce -1.3% 1.24% −0.24
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Reduce -11.3% 1.04% −0.20
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration Reduce -27.1% 0.57% −0.18
BNDX Vanguard Total Intl Bond ETF Reduce -87.6% 0.03% −0.18
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -0.1% 2.01% −0.18
VIGAX VNGD Mrngst Grwth Idx FD-Adm Reduce -16.4% 0.60% −0.17
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF Reduce -5.5% 1.05% −0.16
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Reduce -8.6% 1.00% −0.15
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -0.8% 1.62% −0.15
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -2.0% 0.65% −0.14
FGTXX Gldmn SCHS Fin SQ GV-FST Reduce -35.0% 0.28% −0.14
VTMGX Vanguard Dev MKT Indx-Adm Reduce -65.6% 0.08% −0.13
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF Reduce -2.6% 0.94% −0.13
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -0.9% 0.97% −0.12
VTABX Vanguard TTL Intl BND-Adm Reduce -92.8% 0.01% −0.11
WAYNE ASPHALT Sold out 0.00% −0.11
FTRLX Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 Reduce -8.1% 3.36% −0.11
EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi Reduce -83.9% 0.02% −0.09
WMT Walmart Inc. Reduce -12.3% 0.62% −0.08
VEGBX Vanguard Emerg MKTS BND-Adm Sold out 0.00% −0.07
IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 GR Reduce -44.6% 0.08% −0.07
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.07
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va Reduce -44.5% 0.08% −0.07
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Reduce -3.1% 0.57% −0.07
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Reduce -87.0% 0.01% −0.06
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund Reduce -2.6% 1.34% −0.05
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index-Adm Reduce -0.2% 4.35% −0.05
NTRA Natera Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.05
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U Reduce -85.0% 0.01% −0.05
VITAX Vanguard Inf Tech Idx-Adm Reduce -10.8% 0.19% −0.05
RSHRX Columbia High Yield Bond-I2 Sold out 0.00% −0.04
PCT Purecycle Technologies Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.04
BLK BlackRock Inc. Reduce -3.0% 0.46% −0.03
CMI Cummins Inc. Reduce -7.1% 0.21% −0.03
DHR Danaher Corp. Reduce -1.7% 0.33% −0.03
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. Reduce -6.1% 1.34% −0.03
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index Reduce -4.9% 0.40% −0.03
XLK SS Technology Select Sector Reduce -1.9% 0.28% −0.03
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow Reduce -0.8% 0.49% −0.03
ADBE Adobe Inc. Reduce -1.7% 0.22% −0.03
VWEAX Vanguard Hi YLD Corp.-Adm Sold out 0.00% −0.03
PNC PNC Financial Services Group Sold out 0.00% −0.03
VTCAX Vanguard Comm Serv Indx-Adm Reduce -28.2% 0.07% −0.03

Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Add +382.5% 2.30% +1.85
VBIRX Vanguard S/T BND Indx-Adm Add +4389.2% 1.15% +1.13
FMPW INST MONEY Add +8.0% 9.17% +0.99
SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 Add +21.9% 3.07% +0.66
AVUV Avantis US Small Cap Value New 0.39% +0.39
GVI iShares Intermediate Governm Add +2240.2% 0.37% +0.35
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Add +95.7% 0.49% +0.28
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B Add +37.3% 0.82% +0.26
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF Add +50.6% 0.45% +0.18
BAESY Bae Systems PLC -Spon ADR New 0.18% +0.18
PZIEX Pzena Emerg MKTS Val-Inst Add +34.2% 0.40% +0.13
DODIX Dodge & Cox Income-I Add +16.5% 0.64% +0.12
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR Add +44.3% 0.28% +0.11
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Add +11.7% 0.81% +0.11
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. Add +1.8% 0.46% +0.10
VEIRX Vanguard Equity Income-Adm Add +0.6% 1.43% +0.09
MVCKX MFS Mid Cap Value Fund-R5 Add +13.8% 0.65% +0.08
GOTXX Fed Her Gov Oblig Tax-MN-Ins Add +123.8% 0.12% +0.07
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm Add +8.0% 0.65% +0.07
IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu Add +52.9% 0.19% +0.07
JMGRX Janus Hndrsn Enterprise-I Add +8.6% 0.83% +0.06
WCMIX WCM Focused Intl Growth-Inst Add +1.6% 0.64% +0.06
LIN Linde PLC Add +0.1% 0.38% +0.05
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Add +20.8% 0.18% +0.04
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Add +0.5% 0.39% +0.04
MCD McDonald's Corp. Add +2.5% 0.28% +0.04
CTVA Corteva Inc. Add +1.2% 0.24% +0.03
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Add +7.9% 0.24% +0.03
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Add +1.2% 0.53% +0.03
FTNT Fortinet Inc. Add +1.6% 0.36% +0.03
LRCX Lam Research Corp. Add +0.3% 0.53% +0.02
VMLUX Vanguard Ltd. TRM T/E-Adm Add +4.0% 0.32% +0.02
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Add +1.9% 0.28% +0.02
XLI SS Industrial Select Sector Add +12.7% 0.14% +0.02
DFCEX Emerging Markets Core Equity Add +35.1% 0.07% +0.02
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Add +2.6% 0.10% +0.02
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +2.5% 0.40% +0.02
IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow Add +9.4% 0.32% +0.02
CPRT Copart Inc. Add +3.4% 0.29% +0.02
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Add +16.9% 0.05% +0.01
VFAIX Vanguard Financial Indx-Adm Add +31.1% 0.05% +0.01
FPNIX Fpa New Income Fund-Inst Add +2.5% 0.19% +0.01
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF Add +74.2% 0.03% +0.01
VINAX Vanguard Industrials Idx-Adm Add +95.8% 0.03% +0.01
PAYX Paychex Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
USB US Bancorp New 0.01% +0.01
ZTS Zoetis Inc. Add +2.1% 0.17% +0.01
ELV Elevance Health Inc. Add +21.0% 0.03% +0.01
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +2.0% 0.95% +0.01
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. New 0.01% +0.01

Notes & Other Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

MORGAN STANLEY BANK 5.250 DUE Cash Equivalents · principal Sold out 175,000 $175Kbefore exit

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