First Financial Bancorp is a banks-regional business based in the US. First Financial Bancorp shares (FFBC.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $19.60 – an increase of 2.14% over the previous day. First Financial Bancorp employs 2,193 staff and has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of $1.8 billion.
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Is it a good time to buy First Financial Bancorp stock?
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First Financial Bancorp stock price (NASDAQ:FFBC)
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Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, First Financial Bancorp's shares have ranged in value from as little as $17.5845 up to $25.8763. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while First Financial Bancorp's is 1.0892. This would suggest that First Financial Bancorp's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Historical closes compared with the last close of 19.6
1 week (2023-09-21)
1.50%
1 month (2023-08-31)
-9.26%
3 months (2023-06-29)
-4.11%
6 months (2023-03-30)
-9.97%
1 year (2022-09-27)
-9.51%
2 years (2021-09-30)
-17.68%
3 years (2020-09-30)
62.39%
5 years (2018-09-30)
-32.62%
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Is First Financial Bancorp under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the First Financial Bancorp P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
First Financial Bancorp's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 7x. In other words, First Financial Bancorp stocks trade at around 7x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of September 24, 2023 (21.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
First Financial Bancorp's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.71. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into First Financial Bancorp's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Forward annual dividend yield: 4.72% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 33.45% of net profits
First Financial Bancorp has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 4.72% of its share value annually.
First Financial Bancorp has paid out, on average, around 33.45% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.72% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 4.72% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In First Financial Bancorp's case, that would currently equate to about 0.92 per share.
While First Financial Bancorp's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that it may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
First Financial Bancorp's most recent dividend payout was on 14 September 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 August 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Currently 2.007% of First Financial Bancorp shares are held by insiders and 77.714% by institutions.
First Financial Bancorp's fiscal year ends in December.
First Financial Bancorp's address is: 255 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH, United States, 45202
Have First Financial Bancorp's shares ever split?
First Financial Bancorp's shares were split on a 105:100 basis on 6 March 2001. So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 105 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your First Financial Bancorp shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 4.8% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for First Financial Bancorp shares which in turn could have impacted First Financial Bancorp's share price.
It's as easy to sell First Financial Bancorp as it is to buy! Here's how to sell First Financial Bancorp stocks that you already own.
Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
Sell your First Financial Bancorp shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
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The easiest way to get hold of some First Financial Bancorp shares is to sign up for a stock trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in First Financial Bancorp shares.
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