* First Financial Bancorp FFBC.OQ reported quarterly
adjusted
earnings of 74 cents per share for the quarter ended in March.
The mean expectation of six analysts for the quarter was
for earnings of 71 cents per share.
* Revenue rose 45.5% to $214.86 million from a year ago;
analysts
expected $204.24 million.
* First Financial Bancorp's reported EPS for the quarter was
74
cents.
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 5.2%
in the last three months.
* In the last 30 days, five analysts negatively revised
earnings
estimates
* First Financial Bancorp shares had fallen by 4.1% this
quarter and lost 13.8% so far this year.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $70.4
million.
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for First
Financial
Bancorp is $24.00
* 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 from LSEG Refinitiv data
April 20 at 09:00 p.m. UTC. All figures in US dollars unless
otherwise stated. QUARTER ENDING ESTIMATE ACTUAL BEAT, MET,
MISSED
Mar. 31 2023 0.71 0.74 Beat
Dec. 31 2022 0.69 0.73 Beat
Sep. 30 2022 0.60 0.59 Missed
Jun. 30 2022 0.51 0.55 Beat