NASDAQ:FFBC - First Financial Bancorp Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

First Financial Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 31st. View First Financial Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 19th. The bank reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $92.75 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $93.03 million. First Financial Bancorp had a net margin of 26.91% and a return on equity of 12.18%. The firm's revenue was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.17) EPS. View First Financial Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Financial Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for First Financial Bancorp.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for First Financial Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate First Financial Bancorp's stock price to reach $30.8750 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for First Financial Bancorp.

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News stories about FFBC stock have trended positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. First Financial Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.45 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank an impact score of 43.64 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

First Financial Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.63%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.16%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (4.59%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.13%), Northern Trust Corp (2.97%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.41%). 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, Shannon M Kuhl and William J Kramer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Financial Bancorp.

FFBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Millennium Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Truepoint Inc. and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold First Financial Bancorp company stock in the last year include Bradley J Ringwald, C Douglas Lefferson and Claude E Davis. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Financial Bancorp.

FFBC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., Natixis, Maltese Capital Management LLC and Federated Investors Inc. PA. 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 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 $32.30.

First Financial Bancorp has a market capitalization of $3.16 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.

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]