First Financial Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

First Financial is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 17.9% and 11.2% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 18.5% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 9.9% in 3 years.

Key information

17.9%

Earnings growth rate

18.5%

EPS growth rate

Banks earnings growth	10.8%
Revenue growth rate	11.2%
Future return on equity	9.9%
Analyst coverage	Low
Last updated	23 Dec 2024

Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $0.74

Dec 11

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Is Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.54

Jun 05

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At US$0.63

Dec 31

First Financial EPS beats by $0.12, misses on revenue

Apr 27

Increases to First Financial Corporation's (NASDAQ:THFF) CEO Compensation Might Cool off for now

Apr 15

The Attractive Combination That Could Earn First Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:THFF) A Place In Your Dividend Portfolio

Apr 06

How Many First Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:THFF) Shares Did Insiders Buy, In The Last Year?

Mar 02

Introducing First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF), A Stock That Climbed 19% In The Last Five Years

Feb 02

Why You Might Be Interested In First Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:THFF) For Its Upcoming Dividend

Jan 04

What Does First Financial's (NASDAQ:THFF) CEO Pay Reveal?

Dec 23

What Makes First Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:THFF) A Great Dividend Stock?

Dec 02

First Financial raises dividend by ~2%

Nov 19

First Financial EPS beats by $0.29, beats on revenue

Oct 28

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NasdaqGS:THFF - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
12/31/2026	254	63	N/A	N/A	2
12/31/2025	246	61	N/A	N/A	2
12/31/2024	220	46	N/A	N/A	2
9/30/2024	190	43	58	64	N/A
6/30/2024	193	51	65	70	N/A
3/31/2024	197	56	71	75	N/A
12/31/2023	203	61	80	86	N/A
9/30/2023	214	65	88	93	N/A
6/30/2023	216	67	81	84	N/A
3/31/2023	212	66	79	82	N/A
12/31/2022	218	71	77	79	N/A
9/30/2022	200	62	63	64	N/A
6/30/2022	195	60	59	60	N/A
3/31/2022	197	61	57	60	N/A
12/31/2021	183	53	51	55	N/A
9/30/2021	191	61	63	68	N/A
6/30/2021	186	59	60	65	N/A
3/31/2021	179	55	63	67	N/A
12/31/2020	178	54	74	77	N/A
9/30/2020	177	52	60	64	N/A
6/30/2020	175	51	59	62	N/A
3/31/2020	173	51	59	62	N/A
12/31/2019	165	49	49	50	N/A
9/30/2019	153	46	53	55	N/A
6/30/2019	147	45	61	63	N/A
3/31/2019	151	47	61	62	N/A
12/31/2018	149	47	55	57	N/A
9/30/2018	147	38	52	56	N/A
6/30/2018	145	36	N/A	59	N/A
3/31/2018	137	29	N/A	49	N/A
12/31/2017	139	29	N/A	50	N/A
9/30/2017	138	35	N/A	50	N/A
6/30/2017	137	34	N/A	43	N/A
3/31/2017	137	34	N/A	39	N/A
12/31/2016	136	38	N/A	41	N/A
9/30/2016	136	37	N/A	35	N/A
6/30/2016	138	37	N/A	33	N/A
3/31/2016	139	36	N/A	41	N/A
12/31/2015	139	30	N/A	41	N/A
9/30/2015	140	32	N/A	53	N/A
6/30/2015	141	32	N/A	54	N/A
3/31/2015	143	34	N/A	58	N/A
12/31/2014	144	34	N/A	58	N/A
9/30/2014	145	34	N/A	64	N/A
6/30/2014	146	34	N/A	62	N/A
3/31/2014	142	32	N/A	60	N/A
12/31/2013	140	32	N/A	63	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: THFF's forecast earnings growth (17.9% per year) is above the savings rate (2.6%).

Earnings vs Market: THFF's earnings (17.9% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the US market (15.2% per year).

High Growth Earnings: THFF's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: THFF's revenue (11.2% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (9.1% per year).

High Growth Revenue: THFF's revenue (11.2% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: THFF's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (9.9%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 15:30
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
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Analyst Sources

First Financial Corporation is covered by 7 analysts. 3 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
Brian Martin	FIG Partners
Daniel Cardenas	Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, Inc.
Brian Martin	Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

First Financial Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

Key information

Recent future growth updates

Price target increased by 9.7% to US$51.00

Price target increased by 11% to US$47.00

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 11%

Price target increased by 7.2% to US$44.50

Price target decreased by 8.9% to US$46.00

Recent updates

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.51

Third quarter dividend increased to US$0.51

Price target increased by 9.7% to US$51.00

First Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on January 15, 2025

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

First Financial: A Middle-Of-The-Pack Prospect

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.45 per share

First Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on October 15, 2024

Price target increased by 11% to US$47.00

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

First Financial Corporation Reports Net Charge Offs for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

First Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable July 15, 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

First Financial Corporation Reports Net Charge-Off for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2024

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

First Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on April 15, 2024

First Financial Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Apr 17, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 11%

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Price target increased by 7.2% to US$44.50

First Financial Corporation and First Financial Bank N.A Announces Retirement of Steven H. Holliday as Chief Credit Officer Effective June 28, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$0.45 per share at 2.1% yield

First Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on January 16, 2024

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

First Financial Corporation Announces CEO Transition

First Financial Corporation Announces CEO Transition

First Financial Corporation Reports Net Charge-Offs Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

Upcoming dividend of US$0.54 per share at 2.9% yield

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.54

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.54

First Financial Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Dividend, Payable on July 3, 2023

Independent Director recently bought US$64k worth of stock

Price target decreased by 8.9% to US$46.00

First quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues miss analyst expectations

Independent Director recently bought US$60k worth of stock

First Financial Corporation Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Upcoming dividend of US$0.74 per share

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $0.74

First Financial Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Dividend, Payable on January 13, 2023

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.54 per share

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Is Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.54

First Financial Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Dividend, Payable on July 1, 2022

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 11%

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Financial Corporation Reports Net Charge-Off for the First Quarter ended March 31, 2022

First Financial Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Apr 20, 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

First Financial Corporation Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2021

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At US$0.63

Upcoming dividend of US$0.63 per share

First Financial Corporation (NasdaqGS:THFF) agreed to acquire Hancock Bancorp, Inc. for $31.4 million.

Consensus EPS estimates increase to US$4.36

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$1.24 (vs US$0.87 in 2Q 2020)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.53 per share

First Financial Corporation Announces Declaration of Semi-Annual Dividend, Payable on July 1, 2021

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.95 (vs US$0.89 in 1Q 2020)

First Financial Corporation Announces Net Charge-Offs for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2021

First Financial EPS beats by $0.12, misses on revenue