First Financial Bancorp. Company Profile (NASDAQ:FFBC)

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

First Financial Bancorp. declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, October 2nd. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 30th. View First Financial Bancorp.'s Dividend History.

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.01. The firm earned $85.97 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $89.52 million. First Financial Bancorp. had a return on equity of 10.65% and a net margin of 24.28%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.36 EPS. View First Financial Bancorp.'s Earnings History.

First Financial Bancorp. is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 19th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for First Financial Bancorp..

8 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for First Financial Bancorp.'s stock. Their predictions range from $25.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect First Financial Bancorp.'s share price to reach $28.43 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for First Financial Bancorp..

First Financial Bancorp. saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,612,126 shares, an increase of 26.3% from the July 14th total of 1,276,743 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 442,430 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Some companies that are related to First Financial Bancorp. include Valley National Bancorp (VLY), BBVA Banco Frances S.A. (BFR), Metro Bank PLC (MTRO), Washington Federal (WAFD), Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LYG), Community Bank System (CBU), BancorpSouth (BXS), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), TCF Financial Corporation (TCF), Cybg Plc (CYBG), TCF Financial (TCF), International Bancshares Corporation (IBOC), Close Brothers Group plc (CBG), CVB Financial Corporation (CVBF), Old National Bancorp (ONB), First Midwest Bancorp (FMBI), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK) and Renasant Corporation (RNST).

First Financial Bancorp.'s management team includes the folowing people:

• Anthony M. Stollings, President and Chief Banking Officer of First Financial Bancorp. and First Financial Bank
• Claude E. Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company and Bank
• J. Wickliffe Ach, Independent Vice Chairman of the Board
• John M. Gavigan, Chief Financial Officer
• Richard S. Dennen CPA, President - Commercial Finance Group of the Bank
• Bradley J. Ringwald, President - Community Banking of the Bank
• Shannon M. Kuhl, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company and Bank
• William J. Sorg, Chief Risk Officer of the company and Bank
• Matthew B. Burgess, Chief Internal Auditor of the Comapny and the Bank
• Charles Douglas Lefferson, Chief Credit Officer Group of the Bank

First Financial Bancorp.'s stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.21%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.20%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.01%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (4.97%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.21%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.09%). Company insiders that own First Financial Bancorp. stock include Anthony M Stollings, Bradley J Ringwald, C Douglas Lefferson, Claude E Davis, David S Barker, Holly M Foster, J Wickliffe Ach, Jeffrey D Meyer, Knapke Murph, Maribeth S Rahe, Matthew B Burgess, Paul C Silva, Peter E Geier, Richard E Olszewski, Richard S Barbercheck, Shannon M Kuhl and William J Kramer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Financial Bancorp..

First Financial Bancorp.'s stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Nationwide Fund Advisors, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC. Company insiders that have sold First Financial Bancorp. stock in the last year include Bradley J Ringwald, C Douglas Lefferson, Claude E Davis, Jeffrey D Meyer, Paul C Silva, Peter E Geier, Shannon M Kuhl and William J Kramer. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Financial Bancorp..

First Financial Bancorp.'s stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dean Capital Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Macquarie Group Ltd., American Century Companies Inc., Ameriprise Financial Inc., Susquehanna International Group LLP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have bought First Financial Bancorp. stock in the last two years include David S Barker, J Wickliffe Ach, Jeffrey D Meyer, Maribeth S Rahe, Matthew B Burgess and Richard E Olszewski. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Financial Bancorp..

Shares of First Financial Bancorp. can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of First Financial Bancorp. stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.85.