NASDAQ:FFBC - First Financial Bancorp Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

First Financial Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, December 17th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 30th. View First Financial Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The bank reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $152.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $151.74 million. First Financial Bancorp had a return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 25.08%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 63.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.39 earnings per share. View First Financial Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Financial Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for First Financial Bancorp.

8 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for First Financial Bancorp's stock. Their predictions range from $29.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate First Financial Bancorp's share price to reach $32.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Financial Bancorp.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Financial Bancorp.

Media headlines about FFBC stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First Financial Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to First Financial Bancorp include Zions Bancorp (ZION), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), BOK Financial (BOKF), Webster Financial (WBS), First Horizon National (FHN), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), CIT Group (CIT), Synovus Financial (SNV), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Sterling Bancorp (STL), F.N.B. (FNB), MB Financial (MBFI), TCF Financial (TCF), Community Bank System (CBU) and UMB Financial (UMBF).

First Financial Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.29%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.68%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.65%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.33%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (2.41%) and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.69%). Company insiders that own First Financial Bancorp stock include Anthony M Stollings, Bradley J Ringwald, C Douglas Lefferson, Claude E Davis, David S Barker, J Wickliffe Ach, Jeffrey D Meyer, John T Neighbours, Matthew B Burgess, Paul C Silva, Peter E Geier, Richard E Olszewski, Shannon M Kuhl and Vince Berta. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Financial Bancorp.

FFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Provident Investment Management Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bridgeway Capital Management Inc., TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Prudential Financial Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold First Financial Bancorp company stock in the last year include Anthony M Stollings, Bradley J Ringwald, Claude E Davis and John T Neighbours. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Financial Bancorp.

FFBC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Walthausen & Co. LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Kavar Capital Partners LLC and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have bought First Financial Bancorp stock in the last two years include David S Barker, J Wickliffe Ach, Jeffrey D Meyer, Matthew B Burgess, Richard E Olszewski and Vince Berta. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Financial Bancorp.

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

One share of FFBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.29.

First Financial Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.67 billion and generates $409.21 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $96.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.61 on an earnings per share basis. First Financial Bancorp employs 1,366 workers across the globe.

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

First Financial Bancorp's mailing address is 255 EAST FIFTH STREET SUITE 700, CINCINNATI OH, 45202. The bank can be reached via phone at 877-322-9530 or via email at [email protected]