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 $28.83, which forecasts a 18.64% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $27 and the highest is $32.

Price Target: $28.83 (+18.64%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$27	$28.83	$29	$32
Change	+11.11%	+18.64%	+19.34%	+31.69%

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	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	1	1	2	2	3	3
Hold	3	3	3	3	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	5	5	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Daniel Tamayo Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Reiterates $30 → $28	Buy	Reiterates	$30 → $28	+15.23%	Oct 27, 2025
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $28 → $29	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $29	+19.34%	Oct 3, 2025
Brendan Nosal Hovde Group	Hovde Group	Buy Initiates n/a	Buy	Initiates	n/a	n/a	Aug 19, 2025
Jon Arfstrom RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $27 → $28	Hold	Maintains	$27 → $28	+15.23%	Jul 28, 2025
Terry McEvoy Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Reiterates $29	Buy	Reiterates	$29	+19.34%	Jun 27, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

933.05M

Increased by 23.41%

from 756.07M

Revenue Next Year

1.11B

Increased by 19.39%

from 933.05M

EPS This Year

2.85

Increased by 18.58%

from 2.40

EPS Next Year

3.16

Increased by 11.17%

from 2.85

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	569.67M	628.95M	649.42M	795.38M	756.07M	933.05M	1.11B
Revenue Growth	-2.12%	10.41%	3.25%	22.48%	-4.94%	23.41%	19.39%
EPS	1.59	2.14	2.30	2.69	2.40	2.85	3.16
EPS Growth	-20.50%	34.59%	7.48%	16.96%	-10.78%	18.58%	11.17%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	8.54	7.68
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	971.3M	1.2B
Avg	933.1M	1.1B
Low	877.7M	1.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	28.5%	23.9%
Avg	23.4%	19.4%
Low	16.1%	13.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	2.95	3.31
Avg	2.85	3.16
Low	2.70	2.90

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	22.9%	16.2%
Avg	18.6%	11.2%
Low	12.7%	1.9%

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.