FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
First Financial Bancorp., an Ohio corporation (First Financial or the Company), was formed in 1982. First Financial is a mid-sized, regional bank holding company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, which has elected to become a financial holding company. References in this Form 10-K to "we," "us" or "our" refer, as the context requires, to First Financial and its subsidiaries, collectively or to First Financial as the holding company.
First Financial engages in the business of commercial banking and other banking and banking-related activities through its wholly-owned subsidiary, First Financial Bank (the Bank), which was founded in 1863. Effective December 30, 2016, the Bank converted its charter to an Ohio state chartered bank from a nationally chartered bank.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.00B | $1.00B | $903.0M | $585.0M | $483.2M | $525.0M | $607.6M | $540.4M | $333.1M | $305.9M |
| Interest expense | $642.0M | $612.0M | $627.8M | $519.1M | $31.1M | $68.5M | $123.3M | $91.1M | $49.5M | $33.3M |
| Pre-tax income | $321.3M | $268.3M | $318.6M | $241.7M | $240.9M | $184.4M | $242.9M | $214.2M | $116.2M | $130.7M |
| Income tax | $65.7M | $39.5M | $62.7M | $24.1M | $35.8M | $28.6M | $44.8M | $41.6M | $19.4M | $42.2M |
| Net income | $255.6K | $228.8K | $255.9K | $217.6K | $205.2K | $155.8M | $198.1M | $172.6M | $96.8M | $88.5M |
| EPS, basic | 2.68 | 2.42 | 2.72 | 2.33 | 2.16 | 1.60 | 2.01 | 1.95 | 1.57 | 1.45 |
| EPS, diluted | 2.66 | 2.40 | 2.69 | 2.30 | 2.14 | 1.59 | 2.00 | 1.93 | 1.56 | 1.43 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | 96.2M | 95.4M | 95.1M | 94.6M | 95.9M | 98.1M | 98.9M | 89.6M | 62.2M | 62.0M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $178.6M | $174.3M | $213.1M | $207.5M | $220.0M | $231.1M | $200.7M | $236.2M | $150.7M | $121.6M |
| Property, plant and equipment | $204.8M | $198.0M | $194.7M | $189.1M | $193.0M | $207.2M | $214.5M | $215.7M | $125.0M | $131.6M |
| Goodwill | $1.10B | $1.01B | $1.01B | $1.00B | $1.00B | $937.8M | $937.8M | $880.3M | $204.1M | $204.1M |
| Other intangibles | $118.8M | $79.3M | $83.9M | — | — | — | — | $40.8M | $3.8M | $6.5M |
| Total assets | $21.13B | $18.57B | $17.53B | $17.00B | $16.33B | $15.97B | $14.51B | $13.99B | $8.90B | $8.44B |
| Short-term debt | $675.3M | $755.5M | $937.8M | $1.29B | $296.2M | $166.6M | $1.32B | $1.04B | $814.6M | $807.9M |
| Long-term debt | $514.1M | $347.5M | $344.1M | $346.7M | $409.8M | $776.2M | $414.4M | $570.7M | $119.7M | $119.6M |
| Total liabilities | $18.36B | $16.13B | $15.26B | $14.96B | $14.07B | $13.69B | $12.26B | $11.91B | $7.97B | $7.57B |
| Retained earnings | $1.44B | $1.28B | $1.14B | $968.2M | $837.5M | $720.4M | $711.2M | $600.0M | $491.8M | $437.2M |
| Total equity | $2.77B | $2.44B | $2.27B | $2.04B | $2.26B | $2.28B | $2.25B | $2.08B | $930.7M | $865.2M |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $337.9M | $262.2M | $487.0M | $200.8M | $388.2M | $108.4M | $186.3M | $260.3M | $123.5M | $142.6M |
| Depreciation and amortisation | $14.0M | $14.4M | $13.3M | $12.9M | $14.1M | $15.4M | $16.1M | — | — | — |
| Stock-based compensation | $15.6M | $15.7M | $14.9M | $13.4M | $9.6M | $7.7M | $8.0M | $6.2M | $5.4M | $5.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $20.8M | $21.1M | $24.1M | $13.8M | $15.3M | $16.5M | $20.9M | $18.2M | $6.5M | $9.7M |
| Investing cash flow | -$546.7M | -$1.00B | -$701.3M | -$883.1M | -$510.0M | -$1.20B | -$252.4M | -$204.8M | -$429.5M | -$313.3M |
| Financing cash flow | $213.2M | $699.1M | $219.9M | $669.7M | $110.8M | $1.13B | $30.6M | $30.0M | $335.0M | $177.5M |
| Dividends paid | $94.6M | $89.5M | $87.2M | $86.6M | $87.3M | $89.7M | $89.1M | $79.7M | $41.2M | $39.1M |
| Buybacks | — | — | $0 | $0 | $108.1M | $16.7M | $66.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001104659-26-043973.
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- Revenue
- Gross profit
- Net income
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $305.9M | $333.1M | $540.4M | $607.6M | $525.0M | $483.2M | $585.0M | $903.0M | $1.00B | $1.00B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | $88.5M | $96.8M | $172.6M | $198.1M | $155.8M | $205.2K | $217.6K | $255.9K | $228.8K | $255.6K |
Recent filings and events
- Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
- Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
- Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
- Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
- Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
- Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
- Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
- Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
- Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
- Results announced Item 2.02
Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.
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