First Financial Bancorp Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

First Financial Bancorp has total assets of $18.1B and total equity of $2.5B. Total deposits are $13.9B, and total loans are $11.4B. It earns a Net Interest Margin of 4.4%. It has sufficient allowance for bad loans, which are currently at 0.6% of total loans. Cash and short-term investments are $856.1M.

Key information

7.4x

Asset to equity ratio

4.4%

Net interest margin

Total deposits	US$13.95b
Loan to deposit ratio	Appropriate
Bad loans	0.6%
Allowance for bad loans	Sufficient
Current ratio	Low
Cash & equivalents	US$856.12m

Recent financial health updates

No updates

Recent updates

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

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

Jan 30

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

Oct 29

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

Oct 23

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

Aug 28

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

Jun 23

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

Apr 29

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

Financial Position Analysis

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Balance Sheet

Financial Institutions Analysis

Asset Level: FFBC's Assets to Equity ratio (7.4x) is low.

Allowance for Bad Loans: FFBC has a sufficient allowance for bad loans (243%).

Low Risk Liabilities: 89% of FFBC's liabilities are made up of primarily low risk sources of funding.

Loan Level: FFBC has an appropriate level of Loans to Assets ratio (63%).

Low Risk Deposits: FFBC's Loans to Deposits ratio (82%) is appropriate.

Level of Bad Loans: FFBC has an appropriate level of bad loans (0.6%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/08 22:46
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/08 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

First Financial Bancorp. is covered by 14 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Bryce Rowe	Baird
Jason Goldberg	Barclays
Kevin Reevey	D.A. Davidson & Co.

First Financial Bancorp Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Jan 23, 2025

Upcoming dividend of US$0.24 per share

Independent Director recently sold US$322k worth of stock

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.24

Third quarter dividend of US$0.24 announced

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

First Financial Bancorp: Weakening Key Metrics, But Stabilizing

First Financial Bancorp. Reports Net Charge Off for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2024

First Financial Bancorp. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 24, 2024

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