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 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
126% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 43 | Existing positions closed: 19
14% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 97 | Existing positions reduced: 85
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 257 [Q4 2024] → 277 (+20) [Q1 2025]
0.77% less ownership
Funds ownership: 80.52% [Q4 2024] → 79.75% (-0.77%) [Q1 2025]
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.07B [Q4 2024] → $1.9B (-$166M) [Q1 2025]
60% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $236K | Put options by funds: $585K
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Jon Arfstrom | 16%upside $27 | Sector Perform Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Christopher Mcgratty | 28%upside $30 | Market Perform Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
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