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

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

First Financial Bank declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View First Financial Bank's Dividend History.

First Financial Bank (NASDAQ:FFBC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 19th. The bank reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.05. The bank earned $92.75 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $93.03 million. First Financial Bank had a return on equity of 12.18% and a net margin of 26.91%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.17) EPS. View First Financial Bank's Earnings History.

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

8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for First Financial Bank's shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate First Financial Bank's share price to reach $30.8750 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for First Financial Bank.

First Financial Bank saw a decline in short interest in April. As of April 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,006,612 shares, a decline of 26.6% from the March 30th total of 2,734,202 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 760,893 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 3.4% of the company's shares are sold short.

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News stories about FFBC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. First Financial Bank earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank an impact score of 46.77 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

First Financial Bank's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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 Bank 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 Bank.

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 Bank 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 Bank.

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 Bank 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 Bank.

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 $31.80.

First Financial Bank has a market capitalization of $3.13 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 Bank employs 1,366 workers across the globe.

First Financial Bank'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]