First Financial Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

First Financial has total assets of $5.5B and total equity of $566.0M. Total deposits are $4.7B, and total loans are $3.7B. It earns a Net Interest Margin of 3.8%. It has sufficient allowance for bad loans, which are currently at 0.4% of total loans. Cash and short-term investments are $78.7M.

Key information

9.7x

Asset to equity ratio

3.8%

Net interest margin

Total deposits	US$4.72b
Loan to deposit ratio	Appropriate
Bad loans	0.4%
Allowance for bad loans	Sufficient
Current ratio	Low
Cash & equivalents	US$78.67m

Recent financial health updates

No 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

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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

Financial Position Analysis

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Balance Sheet

Financial Institutions Analysis

Asset Level: THFF's Assets to Equity ratio (9.7x) is low.

Allowance for Bad Loans: THFF has a sufficient allowance for bad loans (327%).

Low Risk Liabilities: 96% of THFF's liabilities are made up of primarily low risk sources of funding.

Loan Level: THFF has an appropriate level of Loans to Assets ratio (67%).

Low Risk Deposits: THFF's Loans to Deposits ratio (78%) is appropriate.

Level of Bad Loans: THFF has an appropriate level of bad loans (0.4%).

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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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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 Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

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

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

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

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS US$3.93 (vs US$3.80 in FY 2019)

Earnings beat expectations, revenue disappoints

First Financial Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Apr 21, 2021

New 90-day high: US$45.18