First Financial Bancorp. Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial Bancorp. in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" First Financial Bancorp. stock. 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.
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First Financial Bancorp. is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 22nd 2021.
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First Financial Bancorp. will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 27th. The bank reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $181.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $160.45 million. First Financial Bancorp. had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.42% and a net margin of 22.09%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.52 EPS.
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First Financial Bancorp.'s stock was trading at $14.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FFBC stock has increased by 64.0% and is now trading at $24.53.
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First Financial Bancorp. announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 26th.
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First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.76%. First Financial Bancorp. does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of First Financial Bancorp. is 42.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, First Financial Bancorp. will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.01% next year. This indicates that First Financial Bancorp. will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for First Financial Bancorp.'s shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate First Financial Bancorp.'s stock price to reach $23.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.2%.
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7 employees have rated First Financial Bancorp. CEO Archie Brown on Glassdoor.com. Archie Brown has an approval rating of 100% among First Financial Bancorp.'s employees. This puts Archie Brown in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

First Financial Bancorp.'s stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.78%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.05%) and Everence Capital Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own First Financial Bancorp. stock include Claude E Davis, J Wickliffe Ach, Knust Susan L Purkrabek, Maribeth S Rahe, Richard S Dennen, Thomas Murray Obrien and Vince Berta.
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FFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold First Financial Bancorp. company stock in the last year include Claude E Davis, and Richard S Dennen.
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FFBC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Everence Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought First Financial Bancorp. stock in the last two years include J Wickliffe Ach, Knust Susan L Purkrabek, Maribeth S Rahe, Thomas Murray Obrien, and Vince Berta.
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Shares of FFBC 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.
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One share of FFBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.53.

First Financial Bancorp. has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion and generates $738.95 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $198.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.14 on an earnings per share basis.

First Financial Bancorp. employs 2,107 workers across the globe.

The official website for First Financial Bancorp. is www.bankatfirst.com.

First Financial Bancorp. is headquartered at 255 EAST FIFTH STREET SUITE 800, CINCINNATI OH, 45202.

First Financial Bancorp.'s mailing address is 255 EAST FIFTH STREET SUITE 800, CINCINNATI OH, 45202. The bank can be reached via phone at 877-322-9530 or via email at [email protected]