First Financial Bancorp.

Description

First Financial Bancorp. operates as the bank holding company for First Financial Bank that provides commercial banking and related services to individuals and businesses in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. The company offers checking, savings, and money-market accounts; and accepts various deposit products, such as interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and cash management services for commercial customers. It also provides real estate loans secured by residential property, such as one to four family residential housing units or commercial property comprising owner-occupied and/or investor income producing real estate consisting of apartments, shopping centers, and office buildings; commercial and industrial loans for various purposes, including inventory, receivables, and equipment, as well as equipment and leasehold improvement financing for franchisees; consumer loans comprising new and used vehicle loans, second mortgages on residential real estate, and unsecured loans; and home equity lines of credit. In addition, the company offers commercial financing to the insurance industry, registered investment advisors, certified public accountants, indirect auto finance companies, and restaurant franchisees. Further, it provides a range of trust and wealth management services; lease and equipment financing services; and currency payments, foreign exchange hedging, and other advisory products. First Financial Bancorp. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

About

CEO
Mr. Archie M. Brown Jr.
Employees
2,084
Instrument type
Common Stock
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks - Regional
MIC code
XNGS
Address
255 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, United States
Phone
877 322 9530
Website
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Earnings

Date Estimate EPS Actual EPS Difference % Surprise
Jan 21, 2026
Oct 22, 2025
Jul 23, 2025
Apr 24, 2025
Jan 24, 2025 0.65 0.68 0.03 4.62%

Earnings estimate

Current Quarter
(Mar 2025)
Next Quarter
(Jun 2025)
Current Year
(Dec 2025)
Next Year
(Dec 2026)
Number of analysts 5 5 5 5
Average estimate 0.63 0.64 2.61 2.74
Low estimate 0.60 0.61 2.50 2.60
High estimate 0.65 0.67 2.71 2.85
Last year EPS 0.59 0.65 2.61 2.61
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Growth estimates

Current qtr (Mar 2025)
6.100%
Next qtr. (Jun 2025)
-1.540%
Current year (Dec 2025)
0.080%
Next year (Dec 2026)
4.980%
Next 5 years (per annum)
Past 5 years (per annum)

Analyst Ratings

Date Firm Action Rating Price Target
Jan 27, 2025
RBC Capital
Karl Shepard
Reiterates Sector Perform Maintains $30
Jan 27, 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Christopher Mcgratty
Maintains Market Perform ▲ Raises $31 → $32
Jan 24, 2025
Stephens & Co.
Terry McEvoy
Reiterates Overweight Maintains $33
Dec 4, 2024
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Christopher Mcgratty
Maintains Market Perform ▲ Raises $28 → $31
Jul 29, 2024
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Christopher Mcgratty
Maintains Market Perform ▲ Raises $25 → $27
Jul 29, 2024
RBC Capital
Jon Arfstrom
Maintains Sector Perform ▲ Raises $25 → $29
Apr 9, 2024
RBC Capital
Jon Arfstrom
Reiterates Sector Perform Maintains $24
Feb 23, 2024
Piper Sandler
Alexander Twerdahl
Assumes Overweight Announces $26
Jan 29, 2024
RBC Capital
Jon Arfstrom
Reiterates Sector Perform Maintains $24
Oct 26, 2023
RBC Capital
Jon Arfstrom
Maintains Sector Perform ▼ Lowers $22 → $21
Jul 24, 2023
RBC Capital
Jon Arfstrom
Reiterates Sector Perform Maintains $24
Jul 21, 2023
Stephens & Co.
Terry McEvoy
Reiterates Equal-Weight Maintains $24
Jul 10, 2023
Piper Sandler
Scott Siefers
Upgrade Overweight ▲ Raises $23 → $24
Apr 24, 2023
RBC Capital
Jon Arfstrom
Reiterates Sector Perform Maintains $25
Apr 21, 2023
Stephens & Co.
Terry McEvoy
Reiterates Equal-Weight Maintains $24
Apr 6, 2023
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Christopher Mcgratty
Maintains Market Perform ▼ Lowers $26 → $23
Oct 24, 2022
RBC Capital
Jon Arfstrom
Maintains Sector Perform ▲ Raises $24 → $25
Oct 25, 2021
RBC Capital
Karl Shepard
Maintains Sector Perform ▲ Raises $25 → $26
Jul 26, 2021
RBC Capital
Karl Shepard
Maintains Sector Perform ▼ Lowers $25 → $24
Mar 3, 2021
Piper Sandler
Scott Siefers
Downgrade Neutral ▲ Raises $22 → $23
Feb 1, 2021
Piper Sandler
Scott Siefers
Upgrade Overweight ▲ Raises $19 → $22
Oct 26, 2020
Piper Sandler
Maintains Neutral ▲ Raises $13.5 → $15
Sep 29, 2020
Piper Sandler
Maintains Neutral ▼ Lowers $15 → $13.5
Jun 20, 2019
Piper Jaffray
Upgrade Overweight
Jun 20, 2019
Piper Sandler
Upgrade Overweight ▲ Raises $28 → $29
Mar 6, 2019
Stephens & Co.
Downgrade Equal-Weight
Feb 25, 2019
Keefe Bruyette & Woods
Downgrade Market Perform
Feb 25, 2019
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Christopher Mcgratty
Downgrade Market Perform ▼ Lowers $31 → $30
Nov 29, 2018
Sandler O'Neill
Downgrade Hold
Nov 29, 2018
Piper Sandler
Downgrade Hold

Income statement

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total reported revenue 840.19M 708.78M 623.62M 645.63M 615.63M
Cost of revenue
Gross profit
Operating expense
Research & development
Selling general and admin 346.83M 305.67M 259.54M 248.30M 243.09M
Other operating expenses
Operating income
Non operating interest income
Income
Expense
Other income expense
Pretax income 318.60M 241.72M 240.93M 184.41M 242.86M
Tax provision 62.73M 24.11M 35.77M 28.60M 44.79M
Net income 255.86M 217.61M 205.16M 155.81M 198.08M
Basic EPS 2.72 2.33 2.16 1.60 2.01
Diluted EPS 2.69 2.30 2.14 1.59 2.00
Basic average shares 93.94M 93.53M 95.03M 97.36M 98.31M
Diluted average shares 93.94M 93.53M 95.03M 97.36M 98.31M
EBITDA
Net income from continuing op. 255.86M 217.61M 205.16M 155.81M 198.08M
Minority interests
Preferred stock dividends

Balance sheet

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total assets
Current assets
Cash 213.06M 207.50M 220.03M 231.05M 200.69M
Cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents 1.01B 595.68M 434.84M 251.36M 257.64M
Other short term investments 3.02B 3.41B 4.21B 3.42B 2.85B
Accounts receivable 1.22B 940.31M 1.06B 747.85M
Other receivables 462.45M 232.55M 109.62M 72.99M 88.36M
Inventory
Prepaid assets
Restricted cash
Assets held for sale
Hedging assets
Other current assets
Non current assets
Properties 153.21M 91.74M 60.81M
Land and improvements 48.58M 49.02M 49.40M 52.37M 54.96M
Machinery furniture equipment 72.58M 69.86M 70.85M 70.18M 74.88M
Construction in progress 8.41M 5.64M 8.15M 8.43M 4.10M
Leases 32.06M 32.52M 30.19M 29.53M 31.73M
Accumulated depreciation -129.31M -125.57M -120.88M -114.67M -114.43M
Goodwill 2.10B 2.10B 2.11B 1.94B 1.95B
Investment properties
Financial assets
Intangible assets 83.95M 93.92M 104.37M 64.55M 76.20M
Investments and advances 3.23B 3.64B 4.41B 3.69B 3.12B
Other non current assets
Total liabilities
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 626.94M 492.21M 516.27M 323.13M
Accrued expenses
Short term debt 937.81M 1.29B 268.03M 1.15B
Deferred revenue
Tax payable
Pensions
Other current liabilities
Non current liabilities
Long term debt 344.12M 346.67M 386.80M 341.22M 414.38M
Provision for risks and charges
Deferred liabilities
Derivative product liabilities
Other non current liabilities
Shareholders equity
Common stock 1.64B 1.63B 1.64B 1.64B 1.64B
Retained earnings 1.14B 968.24M 837.47M 720.43M 711.25M
Other shareholders equity -309.82M -358.66M -433,000 48.66M 13.32M
Total shareholders equity 2.27B 2.04B 2.26B 2.28B 2.25B
Additional paid in capital
Treasury stock 197.90M 202.81M 218.46M 125.97M 117.64M
Minority interest

Cash flow statement

202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991
Operating Activities
Net Income255.86M217.61M205.16M155.81M198.08M172.60M96.79M88.53M75.06M65.00M48.35M67.30M66.74M59.25M221.34M22.96M35.68M21.27M37.93M41.12M37.91M48.24M43.31M58.22M50.30M51.00M46.80M33.90M31.80M28.20M24.30M19.50M16.60M
Depreciation37.80M38.81M39.56M41.23M28.14M24.17M12.65M13.04M13.27M12.79M14.27M15.83M11.95M10.98M6.68M8.08M8.48M10.59M8.98M19.48M10.32M8.81M2.18M9.20M9.60M6.60M4.70M5.10M5.70M5.90M3.60M3.30M
Deferred Taxes13.37M-3.51M12.09M-8.38M12.59M6.27M-4.49M346,0004.19M-22.41M-25.33M-14.09M-14.46M-11.46M116.40M-4.21M-3.34M14.36M-778,0002.72M1.37M-7.52M79,0009.18M2.10M2.70M-100,000700,000200,0001.40M-500,0001.40M-100,000
Stock-Based Compensation14.90M13.38M9.64M7.68M7.97M6.22M5.45M5.35M4.05M3.97M3.80M4.19M3.94M3.08M2.80M2.44M
Other Non-Cash Items-4.28M-3.56M21.89M12.53M5.53M9.60M5.50M14.30M-4.82M-574,0006.53M9.45M8.72M-80.30M25.28M4.91M23.97M-22.32M4.16M-2.89M3.85M4.30M23.30M375,000-7.20M-200,0004.20M-2.80M1.90M1.20M6.70M7.00M5.80M
Accounts Receivable-9.57M-19.13M6.46M-9.70M2.12M-3.81M-5.71M-1.46M-995,000-1.90M-1.18M3.27M-1.44M8.58M-7.42M4.30M
Accounts Payable40.31M6.65M-1.89M-7.43M1.55M5.21M55,00046,0002.30M30,000-350,000-1.69M-1.85M757,000-1.27M-2.64M
Other Assets & Liabilities96.94M-62.10M114.46M-114.20M-97.69M19.50M6.35M12.02M-10.01M-3.59M96.68M65.36M60.32M86.35M-3.24M-3.60M
Operating Cash Flow445.32M188.15M407.36M77.55M158.28M239.76M116.59M132.18M83.05M53.32M142.78M149.63M133.90M77.24M353.88M30.84M64.39M21.79M51.90M49.93M62.61M55.34M75.50M69.95M54.40M63.10M57.50M36.50M39.00M36.50M36.40M31.50M25.60M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-85.61M-43.25M-15.33M-16.47M-20.93M-18.23M-6.54M-9.73M-7.47M-10.61M-7.30M-25.50M-23.54M-22.79M-7.52M-10.10M-7.58M-15.65M-12.42M-13.70M-8.62M-3.28M-8.11M-5.46M-8.40M-8.70M-4.20M-4.40M-3.60M-4.40M-4.80M-2.90M-6.60M
Net Intangibles
Net Acquisitions-3.54M-109.02M-51.55M23.70M-305.59M34.30M620.64M1.25B
Purchase of Investments-113.04M-682.48M-2.43B-1.61B-846.86M-897.53M-748.89M-412.42M-551.42M-288.28M-447.51M-1.03B-1.03B-619.56M-113.40M-368.15M-47.23M-37.46M-193.38M-105.08M-673.78M-272.91M-253.19M-83.51M-137.80M-338.20M-257.10M-136.50M-118.90M-151.10M-76.50M-74.00M-154.50M
Sale of Investments566.62M996.03M1.59B1.10B1.09B715.82M536.56M525.01M331.23M373.40M437.15M663.62M520.13M169.67M338.77M111.35M63.34M274.67M155.16M215.07M500.81M246.07M232.61M77.83M188.60M348.50M237.80M198.70M154.40M229.90M117.80M120.30M101.50M
Investing Cash Flow369.37M277.35M-959.80M-525.40M176.34M-172.44M-211.89M112.22M-517.43M139.38M9.67M-356.82M471.34M-83.97M1.21B-454.53M-104.55M336.24M213.24M-2.34M-253.66M87.41M74.37M-34.40M-353.30M-307.10M-50.40M-40.10M-13.70M-104.70M-7.80M44.00M2.10M
Financing Activities
Long-Term Debt Issuance1.04B150.00M120.00M115.00M27.88M52.93M39.71M55.13M43.42M41.00M74.20M36.40M5.00M
Long-Term Debt Payments-3.31M-64.02M-463.38M-681.51M-159.65M-52.46M-94,000-86,000-46.24M-33.22M-14.39M-1.31M-72.93M-255.49M-479.21M-12.73M-27.87M-222.89M-43.70M-400,000-400,000-1.30M-900,000-4.00M-300,000-900,000-100,000
Other Financing Charges264,000146,000153,000686,000438,000259,000535,000-189,000-14,00069,000-475,000-99.33M-100,000-2.20M-100,000
Financing Cash Flow-439.81M840.33M-529.17M-896.50M-39.48M48.42M-34.62M-169.46M307.37M-230.86M37.26M449.66M-68.39M-244.91M-776.12M413.06M-51.05M-263.61M-207.26M-112.24M190.07M13.96M-26.39M-220.03M242.50M123.10M-11.80M22.80M-78.10M78.20M-9.80M-6.60M-5.80M
Other Cash Details
End Cash Position213.06M207.50M220.03M231.05M200.69M236.22M150.65M121.60M114.84M110.12M117.62M134.50M149.65M105.98M344.15M100.94M106.22M119.41M163.28M155.35M183.61M181.84M211.13M182.06M225.80M164.50M168.40M
Income Tax Paid10.08M5.70M17.69M32.58M27.50M16.00M38.33M37.57M31.19M61.18M36.31M54.69M60.44M45.67M16.49M15.05M
Interest Paid234.93M59.51M32.84M75.88M121.78M84.13M49.47M33.23M20.96M18.15M17.24M29.28M46.77M67.24M58.52M69.75M
Free Cash Flow401.36M157.59M372.82M91.90M165.40M242.12M116.99M132.87M84.10M46.05M157.06M186.33M179.54M162.23M26.27M29.77M65.83M1.64M48.09M39.56M53.14M60.86M69.27M61.38M43.80M52.50M52.80M31.30M38.20M30.40M32.10M24.80M16.20M
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