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The headline numbers for First Financial (FFBC) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended June 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.8 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.81 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.74 per share a year ago.
Earnings per diluted share of $0.73; $0.80 on an adjusted(1) basis is highest in Company history Return on average assets of 1.37%; 1.50% on an adjusted(1) basis Net interest margin on FTE basis(1) of 3.98% Loan growth of $240 million, or 7.1% on an annualized basis Net charge-offs 0.20% of total loans ROTCE of 18.0%; 19.7% on adjusted(1) basis Board of Directors approved quarterly dividend increase to $0.26 to be paid in 3Q26 Agreement to acquire Finward Bancorp, the holding company for Peoples Bank, in all stock transaction CINCINNATI, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) ("First Financial" or the "Company") announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, as well as the pending acquisition of Finward Bancorp ("Finward").
MUNSTER, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) and Finward Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWD) jointly announced today that they have entered into an agreement by which First Financial will acquire Munster-based Finward in an all-stock transaction, further expanding First Financial's presence in the economically robust Chicagoland market with a strong core deposit franchise including 24 financial centers and a 116 year presence in the Northwest Indiana and Chicago markets. Combined w.
Investors need to pay close attention to FFBC stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
First Financial (FFBC) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
CINCINNATI, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) announced today that it expects to release second quarter 2026 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
First Financial (FFBC) is at a 52-week high, but can investors hope for more gains in the future? We take a look at the company's fundamentals for clues.
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