First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC)

First Financial Bancorp. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 7 analysts polled by S&P Global, First Financial Bancorp. stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $33.43. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 9.21% higher than the current stock price, while the lowest is $30 (-1.99%) and the highest is $37 (+20.88%).

Price Target: $33.43 (+9.21%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$30	$33.43	$34	$37
Change	-1.99%	+9.21%	+11.07%	+20.88%

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	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	3	3	3	4	4	4
Hold	3	4	4	4	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	7	7	8	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jon G. Arfstrom RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $30 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$30 → $32	+4.54%	Apr 27, 2026
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $30 → $33	Hold	Maintains	$30 → $33	+7.81%	Apr 27, 2026
Brandon Rud Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Initiates $33	Buy	Initiates	$33	+7.81%	Mar 27, 2026
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $29 → $30	Hold	Maintains	$29 → $30	-1.99%	Feb 2, 2026
Jon G. Arfstrom RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $28 → $30	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $30	-1.99%	Jan 30, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.11B

Increased by 30.24%

from 855.34M

Revenue Next Year

1.15B

Increased by 3.05%

from 1.11B

EPS This Year

3.24

Increased by 21.81%

from 2.66

EPS Next Year

3.51

Increased by 8.24%

from 3.24

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	1.11B	1.15B
Revenue Growth	10.41%	3.25%	22.48%	-4.94%	13.13%	30.24%	3.05%
EPS	2.14	2.30	2.69	2.40	2.66	3.24	3.51
EPS Growth	34.59%	7.48%	16.96%	-10.78%	10.83%	21.81%	8.24%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.45	8.73
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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

Revenue Forecast

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

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	34.8%	8.1%
Avg	30.2%	3.1%
Low	24.2%	-2.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	3.45	3.71
Avg	3.24	3.51
Low	3.01	3.28

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	29.9%	14.4%
Avg	21.8%	8.2%
Low	13.1%	1.3%

Sources: Price targets and consensus ratings provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Historical ratings and analyst data provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.