First Financial Bancorp Dividend

Dividend criteria checks 3/6

First Financial Bancorp is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 3.87% that is well covered by earnings.

Key information

3.9%

Dividend yield

37%

Payout ratio

Industry average yield	2.9%
Next dividend pay date	n/a
Ex dividend date	n/a
Dividend per share	US$0.960
Earnings per share	US$2.42
Dividend yield forecast	3.9%

Recent dividend updates

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.24

Aug 20

First Financial Bancorp's (NASDAQ:FFBC) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Jul 30

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.23

May 29

Recent updates

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.24

Aug 20

First Financial Bancorp's (NASDAQ:FFBC) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Jul 30

Here's Why We Think First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Well Worth Watching

Mar 14

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.23

Nov 17

First Financial Bancorp.: High Interest-Rates, Moderate Loan Growth To Lift Earnings

Oct 16

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.23

Jul 30

First Financial Non-GAAP EPS of $0.56 beats by $0.05, revenue of $166.99M beats by $6.42M

Jul 21

First Financial Bancorp's (NASDAQ:FFBC) Dividend Will Be US$0.23

May 28

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Has Announced A Dividend Of US$0.23

May 14

First Financial Bancorp's (NASDAQ:FFBC) Dividend Will Be US$0.23

Apr 30

I Ran A Stock Scan For Earnings Growth And First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Passed With Ease

Dec 23

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: FFBC's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: FFBC's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.

Dividend Yield vs Market

First Financial Bancorp Dividend Yield vs Market

How does FFBC dividend yield compare to the market?
Segment	Dividend Yield
Company (FFBC)	3.9%
Market Bottom 25% (US)	1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)	4.3%
Industry Average (Banks)	2.9%
Analyst forecast (FFBC) (up to 3 years)	3.9%

Notable Dividend: FFBC's dividend (3.87%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.44%).

High Dividend: FFBC's dividend (3.87%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.32%).

Current Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (37.5%), FFBC's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.

Future Payout to Shareholders

Future Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if a dividend will be paid in 3 years or that it will be covered by earnings.

First Financial Bancorp Dividend

Dividend criteria checks 3/6

Key information

Recent dividend updates

Upcoming dividend of US$0.24 per share

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.24

First Financial Bancorp's (NASDAQ:FFBC) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

First Financial Bancorp Announces Quarterly Dividend Increase, Payable on September 16, 2024

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.23

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share

Recent updates

Key Executive recently sold US$771k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.24 per share

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.24

Insider recently sold US$343k worth of stock

First Financial Bancorp's (NASDAQ:FFBC) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Second quarter dividend increased to US$0.24

Price target increased by 11% to US$28.00

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Financial Bancorp Announces Quarterly Dividend Increase, Payable on September 16, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 25, 2024

First Financial Bancorp Announces Board Changes

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.23

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share

Insider recently sold US$248k worth of stock

First quarter dividend of US$0.23 announced

First Financial Bancorp. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on June 17, 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Apr 25, 2024

Price target increased by 7.1% to US$25.30

First Financial Bancorp., Annual General Meeting, May 28, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.23

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.23 announced

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

First Financial Bancorp. Approves Quarterly Dividend, Payable on March 15, 2024

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jan 25, 2024

Price target increased by 8.0% to US$23.63

Independent Director recently sold US$340k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share at 4.5% yield

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.23

Third quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

First Financial Bancorp. Reports Unaudited Net Charge-Offs Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2023

Is Now The Time To Put First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) On Your Watchlist?

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 24, 2023

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.23

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share at 4.4% yield

Insider recently sold US$251k worth of stock

Insider notifies of intention to sell stock

First Financial Bancorp. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter of 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 20, 2023

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 20, 2023

Is Now The Time To Put First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) On Your Watchlist?

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share at 4.6% yield

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.23

First quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Price target increased by 21% to US$31.80

Here's Why We Think First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Well Worth Watching

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share at 3.6% yield

Non-Executive Chairman of the Board recently sold US$639k worth of stock

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Financial Bancorp. Approves Quarterly Dividend, Payable on March 15, 2023

First Financial Bancorp. Announces Retirement of Corinne Finnerty as Director of the Company

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Jan 26, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.23

Insufficient new directors

Insider recently sold US$530k worth of stock

First Financial Bancorp Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 15, 2022

Third quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

First Financial Bancorp Announces Net Charge-Offs for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2022

First Financial Bancorp.: High Interest-Rates, Moderate Loan Growth To Lift Earnings

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 20, 2022

Upcoming dividend of US$0.23 per share

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.23