First Financial Bancorp expected to post earnings of 71  cents a share - Earnings Preview

First Financial Bancorp.

18/04/2023 21:40

* First Financial Bancorp  FFBC.OQ   FFBC.O  is expected
to show a
rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on April 20. 
    * The Cincinnati Ohio-based  company is expected to report 
a
38.3% increase in revenue to $204.24 million from $147.64
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 71 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 $20.87. ​​​

Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure
in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Dec. 31 2022  0.69        0.69       0.73      Beat    5.8
 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.        0.56        0.56       0.58      Beat    3.6
 31 2021                                                
 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. 31 2021  0.49        0.48       0.50      Beat    5
 This summary was machine generated April 18 at 20:40 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated