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Commerce Bank: Return on Equity

18.07% Ranks #684 of 3,615 U.S. banks · 81st percentile

Data as of · sourced from FFIEC call reports. How we update

Commerce Bank reported a return on equity of 18.07% as of Q2 2026, ranking #684 of 3,615 U.S. banks (81st percentile). That is up 2.92 percentage points from 15.15% a year earlier, and above the 12.97% median of the 734 Midsize Community Banks ($500M–$1B in assets). Return on Equity (ROE) is the rate of return banks earn on common shareholders' equity, the standard equity-investor measure of bank profitability.

12-Quarter Trend

Q3 2023 Q2 2026 (latest)
Q2 2026 18.07%
Q1 2026 16.94%
Q4 2025 18.79%
Q3 2025 19.38%
Q2 2025 15.15%
Q1 2025 17.12%
Q4 2024 18.92%
Q3 2024 18.46%
Q2 2024 18.08%
Q1 2024 20.64%
Q4 2023 19.42%
Q3 2023 19.54%

National Context

Latest value 18.07%
National rank#684 of 3,615
Percentile 81st
12-quarter low15.15%
12-quarter high20.64%
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What is the Return on Equity?

Return on equity (ROE) is a bank's annualized net income divided by its average shareholders' equity, expressed as a percentage. It is the return the bank earns on the capital its owners have invested.

Read ROE together with ROA and the equity-to-assets ratio. ROE equals ROA times the ratio of assets to equity, so a bank can raise ROE by holding less capital without earning more on its assets; a high ROE built on thin capital is weaker than the same ROE built on a high ROA. Subchapter S banks pay no income tax at the bank level, so their ROE runs higher than a C corporation bank with the same pretax earnings. Share buybacks shrink equity and lift ROE with no change in profit.

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What is Commerce Bank's Return on Equity?

Commerce Bank's Return on Equity was 18.07% as of Q2 2026, ranking #684 of 3,615 U.S. banks.

What is the Return on Equity?

Return on equity (ROE) is a bank's annualized net income divided by its average shareholders' equity, expressed as a percentage. It is the return the bank earns on the capital its owners have invested.

Source: FFIEC call reports, standardized by BankRegReports. Values are point-in-time as filed. See the full Commerce Bank profile or how this data updates. The figures come from the bank's call report.

Regulator records: FDIC BankFind (cert 23772) · FFIEC NIC profile (RSSD 625159)