First Financial BancorpFFBC
About: First Financial Bancorp is a mid-sized, regional bank holding company. It engages in the business of commercial banking and other banking and banking-related activities through its subsidiary. The range of banking services provided to individuals and businesses includes commercial lending, real estate lending and consumer financing. Real estate loans are loans secured by a mortgage lien on the real property of the borrower, which may either be residential property or commercial property. In addition, it offers deposit products that include interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing accounts, time deposits and cash management services for commercial customers. A full range of trust and wealth management services is also provided through First Financial's Wealth Management line of business.
Employees: 2,090
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
27% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 22
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 278 [Q1] → 281 (+3) [Q2]
0.61% less ownership
Funds ownership: 79.89% [Q1] → 79.28% (-0.61%) [Q2]
1% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 104 | Existing positions reduced: 105
3% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.9B [Q1] → $1.84B (-$62.7M) [Q2]
10% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $375K | Put options by funds: $415K
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Jon Arfstrom | 5%upside $28 | Sector Perform Maintained | 28 Jul 2025 |
Stephens & Co. Terry McEvoy | 8%upside $29 | Overweight Reiterated | 27 Jun 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Christopher Mcgratty | 19%upside $32 | Market Perform Maintained | 25 Jun 2025 |
RBC Capital Karl Shepard | 1%upside $27 | Sector Perform Reiterated | 25 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 9 articles about FFBC published over the past 30 days
