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. Stockholders 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 3.04%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 30th. View First Financial Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Financial Bancorp declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Monday, January 14th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The bank reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the 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 net margin of 25.08% and a return on equity of 11.70%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 63.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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 Wednesday, January 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for First Financial Bancorp.

First Financial Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 24th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8775066873.

8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for First Financial Bancorp's stock. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate First Financial Bancorp's share price to reach $30.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% 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, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Financial Bancorp.

Media stories about FFBC stock have trended very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First Financial Bancorp earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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

First Financial Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.69%), Kavar Capital Partners LLC (0.07%), Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO (0.06%), Quadrant Capital Group LLC (0.06%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). 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, John T Neighbours, Matthew B Burgess, Paul C Silva, Richard E Olszewski 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 First Financial Bank Trust Division, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Kavar Capital Partners LLC and Quadrant Capital Group LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought First Financial Bancorp stock in the last two years include David S Barker, J Wickliffe Ach, 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 $26.33.

First Financial Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.58 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]