After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
FFBC belongs to the Financial sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Banks – Regional industry. The current market capitalization of First Financial Bancorp is $2.59B. A total of 0.39 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 415.05K shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, FFBC has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 0 BUYs and 0 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 0 shares during that period but sold 0.
In the most recent transaction, Harris Gregory A sold 5,400 shares of FFBC for 29.81 per share on Nov 26 ’24. After the transaction, the President, Wealth Management now owns 37,879 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 26 ’24, Harris Gregory A bought 5,400 shares at 29.81 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, ANDERSON JAMES M disposed of 7,632 shares on Nov 25 ’24 at a per-share price of $30.65. This resulted in the Chief Financial Officer holding 94,889 shares of FFBC after the transaction. In another insider transaction, ANDERSON JAMES M bought 7,632 shares at $30.65 per share on Nov 25 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. First Financial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.95, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.50%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.32. FFBC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3.46% when it declared a $0.24 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/3/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/2/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 3.78%. The FFBC stock dividend was $0.24 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for FFBC in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $31.50 with high estimates of $33.00 and low estimates of $30.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, FFBC has a high of $31.18 and a low of $20.59.
As of this writing, FFBC has an earnings estimate of $0.63 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 5.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.65 per share and a lower estimate of $0.6.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. Its Book Value Per Share was $25.53, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.26B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for FFBC is Buy with a score of 3.40.
