Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ: FFBC) set off with pace as it heaved 3.31% to $26.81, before settling in for the price of $25.95 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, FFBC posted a 52-week range of $21.10-$29.21.
It was noted that the giant of the Financial sector posted annual sales growth of 3.66% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 3.66%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 9.09%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $104.51 million, simultaneously with a float of $103.30 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $2.80 billion.
First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Banks – Regional industry. First Financial Bancorp’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.16%, in contrast to 74.40% institutional ownership. Preceding that transaction, on Dec 16 ’25, Company’s President & CEO sold 11,500 for 26.80, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 308,200. This particular insider is now the holder of 229,391 in total.
First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.7 per share during the current fiscal year.
First Financial Bancorp’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 9.09% and is forecasted to reach 3.00 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 11.75% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 3.66% 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). Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $9.93, and its Beta score is 1.00. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.24. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 10.38.
In the same vein, FFBC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.70, a figure that is expected to reach 0.60 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.00 at the market close of one year from today.
