First Financial Bancorp. Company Profile (NASDAQ:FFBC)

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

First Financial Bancorp. announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 25th. Investors 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 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 earnings results 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 business had revenue of $85.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $89.52 million. First Financial Bancorp. had a net margin of 24.28% and a return on equity of 10.65%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share. 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 target prices for First Financial Bancorp.'s stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate 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 during 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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), 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), Renasant Corporation (RNST), Astoria Financial Corporation (AF) and Towne Bank (TOWN).

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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.