First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC)

First Financial Bancorp. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover First Financial Bancorp. stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $29, which forecasts a 11.20% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $27 and the highest is $32.

Price Target: $29 (+11.20%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$27	$29	$29	$32
Change	+3.53%	+11.20%	+11.20%	+22.70%

* Price targets were last updated on Jul 28, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	1	1	1	1	2	2
Hold	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	4	4	5	5

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
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	+7.36%	Jul 28, 2025
Terry McEvoy Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Reiterates $29	Buy	Reiterates	$29	+11.20%	Jun 27, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $30 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$30 → $32	+22.70%	Jun 25, 2025
Karl Shepard RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Reiterates $27	Hold	Reiterates	$27	+3.53%	Jun 25, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

914.65M

Increased by 20.97%

from 756.07M

Revenue Next Year

1.10B

Increased by 20.70%

from 914.65M

EPS This Year

2.71

Increased by 13.05%

from 2.40

EPS Next Year

3.17

Increased by 16.98%

from 2.71

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	914.65M	1.10B
Revenue Growth	-2.12%	10.41%	3.25%	22.48%	-4.94%	20.97%	20.70%
EPS	1.59	2.14	2.30	2.69	2.40	2.71	3.17
EPS Growth	-20.50%	34.59%	7.48%	16.96%	-10.78%	13.05%	16.98%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.61	8.22
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	963.3M	1.2B
Avg	914.7M	1.1B
Low	863.2M	1.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	27.4%	26.1%
Avg	21.0%	20.7%
Low	14.2%	14.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	2.93	3.36
Avg	2.71	3.17
Low	2.42	2.84

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	22.1%	23.8%
Avg	13.1%	17.0%
Low	0.9%	4.7%

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.