NASDAQ:FFIN - First Financial Bankshares Stock Price, News, & Analysis

First Financial Bankshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FFIN."

First Financial Bankshares declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. View First Financial Bankshares' Dividend History.

First Financial Bankshares shares split on the morning of Tuesday, June 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, April 22nd 2014. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, June 2nd 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of First Financial Bankshares stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

First Financial Bankshares announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, July 26th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase 2,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

First Financial Bankshares Inc (NASDAQ:FFIN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 24th. The bank reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $97.07 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $97.87 million. First Financial Bankshares had a return on equity of 14.74% and a net margin of 38.29%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.55 earnings per share. View First Financial Bankshares' Earnings History.

First Financial Bankshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for First Financial Bankshares.

3 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for First Financial Bankshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect First Financial Bankshares' stock price to reach $54.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for First Financial Bankshares.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial Bankshares in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Financial Bankshares.

Media coverage about FFIN stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Financial Bankshares earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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First Financial Bankshares' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.40%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (2.31%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (2.19%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.82%), Northern Trust Corp (1.29%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.26%). Company insiders that own First Financial Bankshares stock include David L Copeland, F Scott Dueser, Johnny Trotter, Kade Matthews, Murray Hamilton Edwards, Ronald N Giddiens and Steven L Beal. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Financial Bankshares.

FFIN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Barclays PLC, BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Principal Financial Group Inc., MetLife Investment Advisors LLC, Northern Trust Corp and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold First Financial Bankshares company stock in the last year include David L Copeland and Ronald N Giddiens. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Financial Bankshares.

FFIN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, 361 Capital LLC, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Rhumbline Advisers and Citigroup Inc.. Company insiders that have bought First Financial Bankshares stock in the last two years include F Scott Dueser, Johnny Trotter, Murray Hamilton Edwards and Ronald N Giddiens. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Financial Bankshares.

Shares of FFIN 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 FFIN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.28.

First Financial Bankshares has a market capitalization of $4.36 billion and generates $393.45 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $150.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.18 on an earnings per share basis. First Financial Bankshares employs 1,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for First Financial Bankshares is http://www.ffin.com.

First Financial Bankshares' mailing address is 400 PINE STREET, ABILENE TX, 79604. The bank can be reached via phone at 325-627-7155 or via email at [email protected]