As on Thursday, First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ: FFBC) started slowly as it slid -4.35% to $26.17, before settling in for the price of $27.36 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, FFBC posted a 52-week range of $17.23-$28.25.
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The company of the Financial sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 13.08%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 6.91%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -8.03%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $95.14 million, simultaneously with a float of $93.37 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $2.50 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $23.16, while the 200-day Moving Average is $22.17.
First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Banks – Regional industry. First Financial Bancorp’s current insider ownership accounts for 2.18%, in contrast to 77.45% institutional ownership. Preceding that transaction, on Jul 30 ’24, Company’s Chief Corp. Banking Officer sold 12,500 for 27.43, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 342,875. This particular insider is now the holder of 80,652 in total.
First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) Earnings and Revenue Records
First Financial Bancorp’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -8.03% and is forecasted to reach 2.51 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 10.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 6.91% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ: FFBC) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for First Financial Bancorp (FFBC). The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.82. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $10.76, and its Beta score is 0.99. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.13. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 8.07.
In the same vein, FFBC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.43, a figure that is expected to reach 0.66 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 2.51 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [First Financial Bancorp, FFBC], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.55 million was better the volume of 0.36 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 54.95% While, its Average True Range was 0.92.
Raw Stochastic average of First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 72.85%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 52.94% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 40.67% that was higher than 27.71% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
