A share price of First Financial Bancorp [FFBC] is currently trading at $23.54, up 1.16%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The FFBC shares have lost -2.53% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.13%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
First Financial Bancorp [NASDAQ: FFBC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 07, 2025, when Raymond James upgraded its rating to an Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $30 for it. On August 19, 2025, Hovde Group initiated with an Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $31 on the stock. Truist started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $27 on May 13, 2025. Stephens upgraded its rating to an Overweight. In a note dated July 10, 2023, Piper Sandler upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $23 to $24.
First Financial Bancorp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $21.10 and $31.18. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $28.5 within the next 12 months. First Financial Bancorp [NASDAQ: FFBC] shares were valued at $23.54 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.07% based on the average FFBC price forecast.
Analyzing the FFBC fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for First Financial Bancorp [NASDAQ:FFBC] were 1.25B which represents 6.92% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.66% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.29.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 23.29 points at the first support level, and at 23.03 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 23.74, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 23.93.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for First Financial Bancorp [NASDAQ:FFBC] is 0.12. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.85, the price to book ratio is 0.86 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.72.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Arvia Anne L, Director, that happened on Sep 30 ’25 when 618.0 shares were purchased. Director, OBRIEN THOMAS MURRAY completed a deal on Aug 22 ’25 to sell 7383.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director OBRIEN THOMAS MURRAY bought 7383.0 shares on Aug 22 ’25.
