Regional banking company First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ: FFBC) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
First Financial Bancorp beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $251.3 million, up 12.1% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ tangible book value per share estimates but a narrow beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting First Financial Bancorp’s revenue to grow 22.5% year on year, improving from the 5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. First Financial Bancorp has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at First Financial Bancorp’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. OFG Bancorp delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.8%, and East West Bank reported revenues up 11.8%, topping estimates by 2.8%.
Read our full analysis of OFG Bancorp’s results here and East West Bank’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the regional banks segment, with share prices up 8.8% on average over the last month. First Financial Bancorp is up 7.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $32.14 (compared to the current share price of $29.21).
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