FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC)
Financials · Regional Banking · NASDAQ
First Financial Bancorp is a regional financial institution offering integrated commercial and retail banking, leasing, and wealth management services.
What FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP does
First Financial Bancorp is a regional bank holding company that provides a broad array of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses. The company's operations include commercial and consumer banking, wealth management, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, and foreign exchange services. It primarily conducts its business through its subsidiary, First Financial Bank.
Themes: commercial banking, wealth management, equipment leasing, regional banking, asset-based lending, foreign exchange services
Fundamentals
- Price$31.20 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$3.3B as of 2026-08-05 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+21.1% 2025-10-08 close $25.77 → 2026-10-08 close $31.20
- P/E11.02 as of 2026-10-08
- ROE+9.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.14 as of 2026-09-03
- Beta0.85 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-21 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +3.2%; 12-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How FFBC compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 513 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- return on equitymiddle range 559 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 468 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 430 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, FFBC's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 37%, free-cash-flow payout 30%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout37% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout30% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP looks technically
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) is trading 2.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 203 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 28, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +2.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $32.71 | $32.71 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $30.41 | $30.41 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 33.13. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 203 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 203 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 28, with sellers in control | 28.4 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 40.8 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($30.61 to $32.68) — its "stochastic" reading is 29 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 28.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 2 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $36.24 | $36.24 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 13.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -13.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 35.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +35.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 13.9% below its highest point of the past year | 13.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $36.24 (set on 2026-07-16) | $36.24 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($23.26 to $36.18), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 39% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $27.78 to $28.20. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 38.5% |
| From the all-time high | it is 13.9% below its all-time high | -13.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a resistance level at $31.22 — a price it turned at five times since 2024-11-25, most recently on 2026-05-27. Since 2024-10-08 it has 10 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $5.07 (set on 2009-03-09) | $5.07 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 515.4% above its all-time low | +515.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 32nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.6195 between its high and its low — about 2.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.6195 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $30.74 and $32.82 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $30.74 – $31.78 – $32.82 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.0% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (2.6% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.90× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | today it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | today |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | 0.0% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 6.8% below the previous close 55 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 35.67 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -6.8% |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 5.4 percentage points (the stock lost 4.3% while the market gained 1.0%) | -5.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 10.3 percentage points (the stock lost 6.5% while the market gained 3.8%) | -10.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 8.3 percentage points (the stock gained 9.1% while the market gained 17.5%) | -8.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 6.1 percentage points (the stock gained 21.1% while the market gained 15.0%) | +6.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 5.4% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.6% of the share price. | -5.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $30.72 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-21 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $32.87 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 57 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -5.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
FFBC last closed at $31.20 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 10 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $31.22 | Resistance | 0.1% above the last close | turned there five times · 2024-11-25 to 2026-05-27 |
| $30.48 | Support | 2.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-09 to 2026-10-01 |
| $29.80 | Support | 4.5% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-11 to 2026-06-03 |
| $33.07 | Resistance | 6.0% above the last close | turned there six times · 2026-07-08 to 2026-09-25 |
| $28.95 | Support | 7.2% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-24 to 2026-04-15 |
| $34.80 | Resistance | 11.6% above the last close | turned there three times · 2026-07-02 to 2026-08-17 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $33.13.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $31.61 and $32.73 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close below $30.61.
This reading has stood for 8 trading days, since 2026-09-29.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · lagging the market · Printed a bullish engulfing pair · Least volatile (2% or less typical daily range) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 7 analysts
- Mean price target$37.86 range $36.00 – $40.00; median $38.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-08. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for FFBC
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.8314 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-08
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.00429 (+0.5%) from $0.8271, on 2026-09-03, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward22% of 9 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Interest rate risk and changes in market interest rates affecting net interest margin.","Credit risk related to the commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, and construction loan portfolios.","Economic conditions in the bank's core regional markets impacting loan demand and asset quality."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of FFBC's 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the prior one filed 2026-05-08.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing adds a new 'Finward Bancorp - Pending' subsection under Business Combinations describing a July 2026 agreement to acquire Finward Bancorp in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $207.5 million.
- Newer filing states Finward Bancorp is headquartered in Munster, Indiana, is the sole owner of Peoples Bank, operated 24 banking centers in Northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area, and had approximately $2.0 billion in assets, $1.5 billion in loans, and $1.7 billion in deposits as of March 31, 2026.
- Newer filing states the Finward transaction is subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals, no governmental order, accuracy of representations and warranties, and compliance with covenants, and requires Finward shareholder approval but no First Financial shareholder approval.
- Newer filing states First Financial expects the Finward acquisition to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 or the first quarter of 2027.
- Newer filing adds a sentence noting that during the second quarter of 2026, the Company consolidated two of the acquired BankFinancial locations as part of integration efforts.
- Removed:
- Older filing includes a 'Westfield Bancorp' subsection describing the November 1, 2025 acquisition of Westfield Bancorp for $324.4 million, which is not present in the newer filing excerpt.
- Older filing includes an explanatory paragraph stating the BankFinancial bargain purchase gain of $8.9 million is recorded within Noninterest income and arose primarily from transaction-specific market factors.
- Older filing includes an explanatory paragraph regarding acquired loans held for sale from BankFinancial that were sold in March 2026 and had no impact on the Statement of Condition at March 31, 2026.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing reports total assets of $22.4 billion as of June 30, 2026, while older filing reported $22.8 billion as of March 31, 2026.
- Newer filing reports 151 full service banking centers as of June 30, 2026, while older filing reported 153 as of March 31, 2026.
- Newer filing reports Wealth Management assets under management of $4.6 billion as of June 30, 2026, while older filing reported $4.3 billion as of March 31, 2026.
- Newer filing refers to operating results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2026, while older filing referred to the three month period ended March 31, 2026.
- Newer filing changes wording from 'provides the following services:' to 'provides services that include:' in the Wealth Management description.
- Newer filing moves the loan production offices paragraph to appear before the market selection process paragraph, while older filing placed it after that paragraph.
- Newer filing changes 'Table of Content' to 'Table of Contents' in the page headers.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Loans, net of ACL changed from $264,121 thousand to $264,120 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Loans held for sale changed from $408,347 thousand to $412,967 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Premises and equipment changed from $22,210 thousand to $22,065 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Other assets changed from $28,559 thousand to $28,954 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Total assets acquired changed from $1,408,726 thousand to $1,413,595 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Other liabilities changed from $12,759 thousand to $14,439 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Total liabilities assumed changed from $1,250,180 thousand to $1,251,860 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Net identifiable assets changed from $158,546 thousand to $161,735 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial acquisition table: Gain on bargain purchase changed from $8,892 thousand to $12,081 thousand.
- Newer filing updates the BankFinancial bargain purchase gain text from $8.9 million to $12.1 million.
- Notes:
- The newer filing excerpt appears truncated at the end of the BankFinancial bargain purchase sentence.
- The older filing excerpt appears truncated within the Westfield Bancorp subsection's acquisition table.
- The Business Combinations sections may not be fully comparable if content was cut off or relocated outside the excerpted MD&A portion in either filing.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) adds Exhibit 2.1: Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between First Financial Bancorp. and Finward Bancorp, dated as of July 21, 2026.
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) adds Exhibit 99.1: First Financial Bancorp. 2026 Stock Plan (filed as Annex A to Company's Proxy Statement filed on April 16, 2026, and incorporated herein by reference).
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) adds Exhibit 101: Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T.
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) adds Exhibit 104: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) (entry without asterisk footnote previously present in older filing).
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-05-08) includes Exhibit 101.INS XBRL Instance Document entry which is not present in newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-05-08) includes Exhibit 101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema entry which is not present in newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-05-08) includes Exhibit 101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase entry which is not present in newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-05-08) includes Exhibit 101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase entry which is not present in newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-05-08) includes Exhibit 101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase entry which is not present in newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-05-08) includes Exhibit 101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase entry which is not present in newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-05-08) includes footnote '* As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information shall not be deemed 'filed' for purposes of Section 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to liability under those sections.' which is not present in newer filing.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) states 'First Financial did not repurchase any shares during the second quarter of 2026.' while older filing (2026-05-08) states 'The Company did not have an effective stock purchase plan during the first quarter of 2026, and as a result did not repurchase any shares in the first quarter of 2026.'
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) Item 5. Other Information refers to 'During the three months ended June 30, 2026' while older filing (2026-05-08) refers to 'During the three months ended March 31, 2026'.
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) Exhibit 10.2 includes '( filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 and incorporated her e in by reference ) (File No. 000-12379) .' while older filing (2026-05-08) Exhibit 10.2 does not include this incorporation-by-reference text.
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) signature date is 8/6/2026 while older filing (2026-05-08) signature date is 5/8/2026.
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) states 'Table of Contents' while older filing (2026-05-08) states 'Table of Content'.
- Notes:
- Risk Factors section text (the section specifically being compared) appears identical between the two filings; differences identified are within adjacent sections (Item 2, Item 5, Item 6, Signatures) because the provided extracts include those sections.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 4 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 4 sells ($919006) — 4 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 8 sells ($2M) — 6 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-03. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about FFBC's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding FFBC as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 21,400,662
- Reported value $723,984,390
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
FFBC had 6,108,451 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
FFBC had 5.82% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 8.74 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 6,108,451
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.82%
- Prior settlement (shares) 5,505,098
- Reported change 10.96%
- Days to cover (reported) 8.74
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
- Huntington Bancshares (HBAN)
- KeyCorp (KEY)
- Old National Bancorp (ONB)
- PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
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Frequently asked questions
What does FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) do?
First Financial Bancorp is a regional bank holding company that provides a broad array of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses. The company's operations include commercial and consumer banking, wealth management, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, and foreign exchange services. It primarily conducts its business through its subsidiary, First Financial Bank.
What sector is FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) in?
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is Regional Banking. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does FFBC pay a dividend?
Yes — FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 3.24% and 12-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP's (FFBC) competitors?
Notable peers of FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) include Fifth Third Bancorp, Huntington Bancshares, KeyCorp, Old National Bancorp and PNC Financial Services Group. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) overbought or oversold right now?
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP (FFBC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on FFBC come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.