* First Financial Bancorp FFBC.OQ reported quarterly adjusted
earnings of 50 cents per share for the quarter ended in March.
The mean expectation of five analysts for the quarter was
for earnings of 48 cents per share.
* Revenue rose 1.8% to $154.06 million from a year ago;
analysts expected $157.26 million.
* First Financial Bancorp's reported EPS for the quarter was 48
cents.
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 20.2% in the last three months.
* In the last 30 days there have been no negative revisions of
earnings estimates and
* First Financial Bancorp shares had fallen by 0.1% this
quarter and gained 36.8% so far this year.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $47.32 million.
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for First Financial
Bancorp is $25.00
* 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."
This summary was machine generated April 22 at 10:19 p.m. GMT.
All figures in US Dollars.