First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC)

First Financial Bancorp. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts that cover First Financial Bancorp. stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $29.5, which forecasts a 8.26% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $28 and the highest is $32.

Price Target: $29.5 (+8.26%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$28	$29.5	$30	$32
Change	+2.75%	+8.26%	+10.09%	+17.43%

* Price targets were last updated on Feb 2, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Financial Bancorp. stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	3	3	3	3	3	3
Hold	3	3	3	4	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	6	6	7	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $29 → $30	Hold	Maintains	$29 → $30	+10.09%	Feb 2, 2026
Jon G. Arfstrom RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $28 → $30	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $30	+10.09%	Jan 30, 2026
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $31 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$31 → $32	+17.43%	Jan 30, 2026
Daniel Tamayo Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Reiterates $30 → $28	Buy	Reiterates	$30 → $28	+2.75%	Oct 27, 2025
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $28 → $29	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $29	+6.42%	Oct 3, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.09B

Increased by 27.55%

from 855.34M

Revenue Next Year

1.14B

Increased by 4.31%

from 1.09B

EPS This Year

3.08

Increased by 15.91%

from 2.66

EPS Next Year

3.46

Increased by 12.10%

from 3.08

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	628.95M	649.42M	795.38M	756.07M	855.34M	1.09B	1.14B
Revenue Growth	10.41%	3.25%	22.48%	-4.94%	13.13%	27.55%	4.31%
EPS	2.14	2.30	2.69	2.40	2.66	3.08	3.46
EPS Growth	34.59%	7.48%	16.96%	-10.78%	10.83%	15.91%	12.10%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	8.84	7.88
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	1.1B	1.2B
Avg	1.1B	1.1B
Low	1.0B	1.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	33.0%	8.5%
Avg	27.6%	4.3%
Low	20.9%	-1.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	3.33	3.73
Avg	3.08	3.46
Low	2.85	3.19

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	25.1%	20.9%
Avg	15.9%	12.1%
Low	7.2%	3.6%

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.