First Financial Bancorp expected to post earnings of 50  cents a share - Earnings Preview

First Financial Bancorp.

19/07/2022 22:08

* First Financial Bancorp  FFBC.OQ   FFBC.O  is expected
to show a
rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on July 21. 
    * The Cincinnati Ohio-based  company is expected to report 
a
11.0% increase in revenue to $159.86 million from $144.07
million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 5
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
    * ​Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for First Financial
Bancorp
is for earnings of 50 cents per share. For the same quarter last
year, the company reported earnings of 58 cents per share.
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is no "strong buy" or "buy," 6
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."  
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in
the last
three months. ​
    * Wall Street's median 12-month price target for First
Financial
Bancorp is $24​, above​ its last closing price of $19.95. ​​​
    * Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure
in US dollars). ​

 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Mar. 31 2022  0.46        0.45       0.46      Beat    1.5
 Dec. 31 2022  0.56        0.56       0.58      Beat    3.6
 Sep. 30 2021  0.52        0.52       0.45      Missed  -13.7​
 Jun. 30 2021  0.52        0.52       0.58      Beat    11.5
 ​​Mar.        0.49        0.48       0.50      Beat    5
 31 2021                                                
 Dec. 31 2020  0.46        0.46       0.51      Beat    10.4​
 Sep. 30 2020  0.38        0.38       0.44      Beat    15.3
 Jun. 30 2020  0.25        0.25       0.40      Beat    62.2
 This summary was machine generated July 19 at 21:08 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated