First Financial Bancorp. - FFBC Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial Bancorp. in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" FFBC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FFBC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
View FFBC analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

1 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for First Financial Bancorp.'s stock. Their FFBC share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for FFBC or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

First Financial Bancorp.'s stock was trading at $24.38 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, FFBC shares have decreased by 13.5% and is now trading at $21.08.
View the best growth stocks for 2022 here.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
View our FFBC earnings forecast.

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The bank reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $166.98 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $161.30 million. First Financial Bancorp. had a net margin of 30.36% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.61%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.58 EPS.

First Financial Bancorp. declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.36%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 31st.
Read our dividend analysis for FFBC.

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.31%. FFBC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 43.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FFBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.66% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for FFBC.

39 employees have rated First Financial Bancorp. Chief Executive Officer Archie Brown on Glassdoor.com. Archie Brown has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Archie Brown in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 83.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at First Financial Bancorp. to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Financial Bancorp. investors own include AT&T (T), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Simon Property Group (SPG), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and American Airlines Group (AAL).

First Financial Bancorp. trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FFBC."

Shares of FFBC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

One share of FFBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.08.

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) has a market capitalization of $2.00 billion and generates $654.72 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $205.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.12 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,010 workers across the globe.

First Financial Bancorp.'s mailing address is 255 EAST FIFTH STREET SUITE 800, CINCINNATI OH, 45202. The official website for the company is www.bankatfirst.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (877) 322-9530, via email at investorrelations@bankatfirst.com, or via fax at 513-867-3111.