NASDAQ:FFBCFirst Financial Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 decreased by 0.5% and is now trading at $14.88.
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1 Wall Street 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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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First Financial Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 15th 2020.
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First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The bank reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.15. The bank earned $154.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $147.50 million. First Financial Bancorp had a net margin of 23.05% and a return on equity of 7.97%.
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First Financial Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.18%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 31st.
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First Financial Bancorp announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, January 14th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for First Financial Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect First Financial Bancorp's share price to reach $24.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 61.3% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about FFBC stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Financial Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the bank a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.
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First Financial Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,120,000 shares, a decrease of 9.0% from the July 15th total of 2,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 609,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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First Financial Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FFBC."

First Financial Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.36%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (6.78%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.55%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.76%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.70%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.67%). Company insiders that own First Financial Bancorp stock include Anthony M Stollings, Claude E Davis, J Wickliffe Ach, Knust Susan L Purkrabek, Maribeth S Rahe, Richard E Olszewski, 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 Vanguard Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Principal Financial Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., and BBVA USA Bancshares Inc..
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FFBC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Man Group plc, First Trust Advisors LP, EJF Capital LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Aigen Investment Management LP, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, and Trexquant Investment LP. 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, Richard E Olszewski, 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FFBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.88.

First Financial Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.46 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 2,123 workers across the globe.

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

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]