First Financial Bancorp. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 5 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for First Financial Bancorp. stock have an average target of 30, with a low estimate of 26 and a high estimate of 33. The average target predicts an increase of 10.86% from the current stock price of 27.06.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$26	$30	$30	$33
Change	-3.92%	+10.86%	+10.86%	+21.95%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Financial Bancorp. stock from 5 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	1	1	1	1	2	2
Hold	2	2	2	2	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3	3	3	5	5

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Karl Shepard RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Reiterates $30	Hold	Reiterates	$30	+10.86%	Jan 27, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $31 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$31 → $32	+18.26%	Jan 27, 2025
Terry McEvoy Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Reiterates $33	Buy	Reiterates	$33	+21.95%	Jan 24, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $28 → $31	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $31	+14.56%	Dec 4, 2024
Jon Arfstrom RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $25 → $29	Hold	Maintains	$25 → $29	+7.17%	Jul 29, 2024

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

896.99M

Revenue Next Year

937.23M

from 896.99M

4.49%

from 896.99M

EPS This Year

2.66

from 2.40

11.01%

from 2.40

EPS Next Year

2.80

from 2.66

4.98%

from 2.66

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	896.99M	937.23M
Revenue Growth	-2.12%	10.41%	7.04%	18.33%	-1.10%	-	4.49%
EPS	1.59	2.14	2.30	2.69	2.40	2.66	2.80
EPS Growth	-20.50%	34.59%	7.48%	16.96%	-10.78%	11.01%	4.98%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.16	9.68
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	942.9M	986.0M
Avg	897.0M	937.2M
Low	846.3M	869.4M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	-	9.9%
Avg	-	4.5%
Low	-	-3.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	2.85	2.99
Avg	2.66	2.80
Low	2.45	2.55

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	18.6%	12.3%
Avg	11.0%	5.0%
Low	2.1%	-4.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.