First Financial Bancorp expected to post earnings of 69cents a share - Earnings Preview

First Financial Bancorp.

24/01/2023 21:12

* First Financial Bancorp  FFBC.OQ   FFBC.O  is expected
to show a
rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on January
26. 
    * The Cincinnati Ohio-based  company is expected to report 
a
27.1% increase in revenue to $198.8 million from $156.41 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 69 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 $26​, above​ its last closing price of $23.54. ​​​

Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure
in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Sep. 30 2022  0.61        0.60       0.59      Missed  -1.9
 Jun. 30 2022  0.51        0.51       0.55      Beat    8.9
 Mar. 31 2022  0.46        0.45       0.46      Beat    1.5​
 Dec. 31 2021  0.56        0.56       0.58      Beat    3.6
 ​​Sep.        0.52        0.52       0.45      Missed  -13.7
 30 2021                                                
 Jun. 30 2021  0.52        0.52       0.58      Beat    11.5​
 Mar. 31 2021  0.49        0.48       0.50      Beat    5
 Dec. 31 2020  0.46        0.46       0.51      Beat    10.4
 This summary was machine generated January 24 at 21:11 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated