First Financial Bancorp. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for First Financial Bancorp. stock have an average target of 31, with a low estimate of 29 and a high estimate of 33. The average target predicts an increase of 24.85% from the current stock price of 24.83.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$29	$31	$32	$33
Change	+16.79%	+24.85%	+28.88%	+32.90%

* Price targets were last updated on Jan 27, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Financial Bancorp. stock from 4 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	1	1	1	2	2	1
Hold	2	2	2	3	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3	3	5	5	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Karl Shepard RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Reiterates $30	Hold	Reiterates	$30	+20.82%	Jan 27, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $31 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$31 → $32	+28.88%	Jan 27, 2025
Terry McEvoy Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Reiterates $33	Buy	Reiterates	$33	+32.90%	Jan 24, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $28 → $31	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $31	+24.85%	Dec 4, 2024
Jon Arfstrom RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $25 → $29	Hold	Maintains	$25 → $29	+16.79%	Jul 29, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

896.99M

from 756.07M

18.64%

from 756.07M

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	569.67M	628.95M	649.42M	795.38M	756.07M	896.99M	937.23M
Revenue Growth	-2.12%	10.41%	3.25%	22.48%	-4.94%	18.64%	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	-	-	-	-	-	9.32	8.88
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	24.7%	9.9%
Avg	18.6%	4.5%
Low	11.9%	-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.