First Financial - THFF Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" THFF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in THFF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for First Financial's shares. Their THFF share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.9% from the stock's current price.
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First Financial's stock was trading at $46.08 at the start of the year. Since then, THFF stock has decreased by 17.1% and is now trading at $38.19.
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First Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 113,500 shares, an increase of 51.7% from the February 28th total of 74,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 49,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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First Financial Co. (NASDAQ:THFF) released its earnings results on Monday, October, 25th. The bank reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.07. The bank had revenue of $47.12 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $46.35 million. First Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.96% and a net margin of 30.92%.

First Financial declared a None dividend on Thursday, November 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 6th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share on Friday, January 13th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 5th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) stock in their portfolio include Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF (VFMV), ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV), First Trust Dow Jones Select Microcap Index Fund (FDM), iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL), First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF (AIRR), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV), Vanguard US Multifactor ETF (VFMF) and Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC).

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.81%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 34 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 18.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, THFF will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 employees have rated First Financial Chief Executive Officer Norman L. Lowery on Glassdoor.com. Norman L. Lowery has an approval rating of 46% among the company's employees. This puts Norman L. Lowery in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Financial investors own include Medtronic (MDT), Southern (SO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Energy Transfer (ET), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), AbbVie (ABBV), ONEOK (OKE), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and CenterPoint Energy (CNP).

First Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "THFF."

First Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First Financial Corp IN (5.91%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.87%), LSV Asset Management (3.06%), rhino investment partners Inc (2.32%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.81%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.75%). Insiders that own company stock include Mark Jason Sr Blade Sr, Michael A Carty, Paul Joseph Pierson II, Susan M Jensen and William Curtis Brighton.
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Shares of THFF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of THFF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.19.

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) has a market capitalization of $460.95 million and generates $230.02 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $71.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.81 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 883 workers across the globe.

First Financial's mailing address is ONE FIRST FINANCIAL PLAZA, TERRE HAUTE IN, 47807. The official website for the company is www.first-online.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (812) 238-6000, via email at rmchargue@first-online.com, or via fax at 812-235-0555.