First Financial Bancorp

FFBC

Market cap $2.47B

First Financial Bancorp is rated a solid "Buy" due to strong growth, high asset quality, and attractive valuation. FFBC's recent acquisitions of Westfield Bancorp and BankFinancial expand its footprint, boost assets, and are expected to drive EPS growth and cost synergies. Despite a higher uninsured deposit ratio, FFBC maintains superior returns on assets and equity compared to peers, reflecting strong financial health.

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CINCINNATI , Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: "FFBC") ("First Financial"), the holding company for First Financial Bank (the "Bank"), today announced the pricing of a public offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of First Financial's 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2035 (the "Notes").

NEW YORK CITY & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of BankFinancial Corporation (NasdaqGS: BFIN) to First Financial Bancorp (NasdaqGS: FFBC). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of BankFinancial will receive 0.48 of a share of First Financial common stock for each share of BankFinancial that they own. KSF is seeking to determ.

CINCINNATI , Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) ("First Financial") announced today that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Westfield Bancorp, Inc. ("Westfield") in a cash and stock transaction, from the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company.

CINCINNATI , Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, the board of directors of First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ: FFBC) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per common share.

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First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call October 24, 2025 8:30 AM EDT Company Participants Scott Crawley - Senior VP & Controller Archie Brown - President, CEO & Director James Anderson - Executive VP, CFO & COO Conference Call Participants Brendan Nosal - Hovde Group, LLC, Research Division Daniel Tamayo - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Terence McEvoy - Stephens Inc., Research Division Jon Arfstrom - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Presentation Operator Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the First Financial Bancorp Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast.

The headline numbers for First Financial (FFBC) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.76 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.75 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.67 per share a year ago.