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About First Financial Bancorp
First Financial Bancorp. operates as the bank holding company for First Financial Bank that provides commercial banking and banking-related services to individuals and businesses in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. The company offers checking and savings accounts; and accepts various deposit products, such as interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and cash management services for retail and commercial customers. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Banks-Regional
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: March 26, 1990
Headquarters: 255 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH, United States, 45202
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$31.15
Market Cap
$3.22B
Float
103.7M
Shares Outstanding
104.9M
P/E (Forward)
9.35
P/E (TTM)
10.84
Price/Sales (TTM)
3.51
vs. Analyst Target
+7.3% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
30.39%
Operating Margin (TTM)
37.32%
Revenue (TTM)
$917M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
31.50%
Dividend Rate
1.0%
Analyst Target Price
$33.43 (6 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$714M
$156M
$575M
$226M
2021
$655M
$205M
$642M
$280M
2022
$775M
$218M
$697M
$281M
2023
$1.12B
$256M
$797M
$356M
2024
$1.23B
$229M
$788M
$307M
2025
$1.26B
$256M
$862M
$343M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$314M
$70.0M
Sep 2025
$324M
$71.9M
Dec 2025
$330M
$62.4M
Mar 2026
$364M
$74.4M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
1.0%
Institutional Ownership
85.6%
Short Float
3.8%
% of All Funds Holding
3.44%
Number of Funds Holding
283
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$29.76
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$27.15
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$26.38
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$24.24
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$27.12
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$26.47
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$24.35
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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