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 given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View First Financial Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 19th. The bank reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $92.75 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $93.03 million. First Financial Bancorp 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 period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.17) earnings per share. View First Financial Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Financial Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for First Financial Bancorp.

8 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for First Financial Bancorp's shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect First Financial Bancorp's stock price to reach $30.8750 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%. View Analyst Ratings 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, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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

Press coverage about FFBC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. First Financial Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank an impact score of 45.16 out of 100, indicating that recent media 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.63%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Capital One National Association (0.02%), Bedel Financial Consulting Inc. (0.02%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%). 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, John T Neighbours, Knapke Murph, Maribeth S Rahe, Matthew B Burgess, Paul C Silva, Peter E Geier, Richard E Olszewski, Shannon M Kuhl, Vince Berta 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 Capital One National Association. Company insiders that have sold First Financial Bancorp company stock in the last year include Bradley J Ringwald, C Douglas Lefferson, 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 First Financial Bank Trust Division, Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN, Bedel Financial Consulting Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Park National Corp OH. 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, 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 $31.92.

First Financial Bancorp has a market capitalization of $3.09 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]