FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/
Business
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ engages in commercial banking and banking-related activities as a regional bank holding company through its wholly owned bank subsidiary. It offers commercial and consumer lending, real estate and home equity lending, deposit products, cash management, trust and wealth management, foreign exchange and insurance premium financing, and equipment and lease financing. Key business divisions include the Bank, Wealth Management, Summit Funding Group, Oak Street Funding, First Franchise Capital, Bannockburn Global Forex, and Agile Premium Finance. The company serves metropolitan and non-metropolitan Midwestern markets and competes nationally through niche lending and capital markets services, delivering services via banking centers, ATMs, internet and telephone channels.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-20
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans and leases, including fees | 819 | 837 | 744 | 459 | 386 | |
| Taxable | 148 | 125 | 126 | 102 | 79 | |
| Tax-exempt | 9 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 18 | |
| Total interest on investment securities | 157 | 136 | 139 | 121 | 98 | |
| Other earning assets | 26 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 147,000 | |
| Total interest income | 1,002 | 1,002 | 903 | 585 | 483 | |
| Deposits | 311 | 331 | 202 | 28 | 14 | |
| Short-term borrowings | 25 | 39 | 53 | 19 | 198,000 | |
| Long-term borrowings | 24 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | |
| Total interest expense | 360 | 390 | 275 | 66 | — | |
| Net interest income | 642 | 612 | 628 | 519 | 452 | |
| Provision for credit losses - loan and lease | 37 | 49 | 43 | 7 | — | |
| Provision for Other Credit Losses | 1 | −2 | 33,000 | 5 | — | |
| Net interest income after provision for credit losses | 604 | 564 | 585 | 507 | 470 | |
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 31 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 32 | |
| Investment Banking, Advisory, Brokerage, and Underwriting Fees and Commissions | 33 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 24 | |
| Bankcard income | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| Client derivative fees | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | |
| Foreign exchange income | 66 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 45 | |
| Operating Lease, Lease Income | 80 | 68 | 51 | 32 | 0 | |
| Net gains from sales of loans | 25 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 33 | |
| Net gain (loss) on investment securities | −22 | −23 | −1 | −1 | −759,000 | |
| Other | 23 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 16 | |
| Total noninterest income | 257 | 224 | 212 | 190 | 172 | |
| Salaries and employee benefits | 316 | 304 | 293 | 269 | 246 | |
| Net occupancy | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | |
| Furniture and equipment | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | |
| Data processing | 38 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 31 | |
| Marketing | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |
| Communication | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Professional services | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 | |
| Amortization of tax credit investments | 1 | 14 | 1 | 24 | — | |
| State intangible tax | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| FDIC assessments | 11 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | |
| Intangible amortization | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | |
| Operating Lease, Expense | 54 | 44 | 33 | 20 | 0 | |
| Other | 37 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 45 | |
| Total noninterest expenses | 541 | 520 | 478 | 455 | 401 | |
| Income before income taxes | 321 | 268 | 319 | 242 | 241 | |
| Income tax expense | 66 | 39 | 63 | 24 | 36 | |
| Net income | 256 | 229 | 256 | 218 | 205 | |
| Basic | 2.68 | 2.42 | 2.72 | 2.33 | 2.16 | |
| Diluted | 2.66 | 2.4 | 2.69 | 2.3 | 2.14 | |
| Average common shares outstanding - basic | 95 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 95 | |
| Average common shares outstanding - diluted | 96 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 96 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and due from banks | 179 | 174 | 213 | 208 | 220 | |
| Interest-bearing deposits with other banks | 597 | 730 | 793 | 388 | 215 | |
| Investment Securities, Available-for-sale | 3,972 | 3,184 | 3,021 | 3,410 | 4,208 | |
| Investment securities held-to-maturity (fair value $54,334 at December 31, 2025 and $68,989 at December 31, 2024) | 59 | 77 | 80 | 84 | 98 | |
| Other investments | 130 | 115 | 130 | 143 | 103 | |
| Loans held for sale, at fair value | 17 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 29 | |
| Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 13,400 | 11,800 | 10,933 | — | — | |
| Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Excluding Accrued Interest | −186 | −157 | −141 | −133 | −132 | |
| Net loans and leases | 13,238 | 11,605 | 10,792 | — | — | |
| Premises and equipment | 205 | 198 | — | — | 193 | |
| Operating Lease | 214 | 209 | 153 | 92 | 61 | |
| Goodwill | 1,100 | 1,008 | 1,006 | 1,002 | 1,001 | |
| Other intangibles | 119 | 79 | 84 | — | — | |
| Accrued interest and other assets | 1,302 | 1,178 | 1,057 | 1,221 | 940 | |
| Interest-bearing demand | 3,361 | 3,096 | 2,993 | 3,037 | 3,199 | |
| Savings | 5,974 | 4,949 | 4,331 | 3,828 | 4,157 | |
| Time | 3,622 | 3,152 | 2,718 | 1,701 | 1,330 | |
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 12,956 | 11,197 | 10,043 | 8,566 | 8,686 | |
| Total assets | 21,129 | 18,570 | 17,533 | 17,003 | 16,329 | |
| Noninterest-bearing | 3,465 | 3,132 | 3,318 | 4,135 | 4,186 | |
| Total deposits | 16,422 | 14,329 | 13,361 | 12,701 | 12,872 | |
| FHLB short-term borrowings | 675 | 625 | 800 | 1,130 | 225 | |
| Other Short-term Borrowings | 332,000 | 130 | 138 | 157 | 20 | |
| Total short-term borrowings | 675 | 755 | 938 | 1,287 | 296 | |
| Long-term debt | 514 | 348 | 344 | 347 | 410 | |
| Total borrowed funds | 1,189 | 1,103 | 1,282 | 1,634 | 706 | |
| Accrued interest and other liabilities | 749 | 700 | 622 | 627 | 492 | |
| Total liabilities | 18,360 | 16,132 | 15,265 | 14,962 | 14,070 | |
| Common stock - no par value | 1,648 | 1,642 | 1,639 | 1,635 | 1,640 | |
| Retained earnings | 1,437 | 1,276 | 1,137 | 968 | 837 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | −190 | −290 | −310 | −359 | −433,000 | |
| Treasury stock, at cost, 5,760,068 shares in 2025 and 8,786,954 shares in 2024 | −126 | −191 | −198 | −203 | −218 | |
| Total shareholders' equity | 2,769 | 2,438 | 2,268 | 2,041 | 2,259 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders equity | 21,129 | 18,570 | 17,533 | 17,003 | 16,329 | |
| Common Stock, Shares Authorized | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | |
| Common Stock, Shares, Issued | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision for credit losses | 38 | 48 | 43 | 12 | −18 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 32 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | |
| Pension expense (income) | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Net amortization (accretion) on investment securities | −3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | |
| Net (gain) loss on investments securities | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 759,000 | |
| Originations of loans held for sale | −588 | −421 | −294 | −369 | −795 | |
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | 610 | 435 | 303 | 375 | 825 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 19 | 21 | 13 | −4 | 12 | |
| Operating Lease, Expense | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Operating Lease, Payments | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | |
| Life Insurance, Corporate or Bank Owned, Change in Value | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Decrease (increase) in interest receivable | 3 | 5 | −10 | −19 | 6 | |
| (Decrease) increase in interest payable | −5 | −8 | 40 | 7 | −2 | |
| Decrease (increase) in other assets | −44 | −172 | 159 | −226 | 138 | |
| (Decrease) increase in other liabilities | 7 | 71 | −63 | 164 | −24 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 338 | 262 | 487 | 201 | 388 | |
| Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-sale | 752 | 353 | 92 | 277 | 375 | |
| Proceeds from calls, paydowns and maturities of securities available-for-sale | 655 | 483 | 441 | 704 | 1,139 | |
| Payments to Acquire Debt Securities, Available-for-sale | −1,794 | −981 | −97 | −642 | −2,418 | |
| Proceeds from calls, paydowns and maturities of securities held-to-maturity | 19 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 35 | |
| Proceeds from Sale of Other Investments | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Proceeds from Maturities, Prepayments and Calls of Other Investments | 52 | 55 | 30 | 8,000 | 42 | |
| Purchases of other investment securities | −75 | −48 | −16 | −41 | −11 | |
| Net decrease (increase) in interest-bearing deposits with other banks | 133 | 63 | −405 | −173 | −195 | |
| Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Loans and Leases | 98 | 769 | 666 | 987 | −503 | |
| Proceeds from Sale of Other Real Estate | 166,000 | 136,000 | 288,000 | 192,000 | 1 | |
| Purchases of premises and equipment | −21 | −21 | −24 | −14 | −15 | |
| Net change in operating leases | −5 | −56 | −61 | −29 | 0 | |
| Payment to Acquire Life Insurance Policy, Investing Activities | 175,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from Life Insurance Policy | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
| Net cash acquired (paid) in business combinations | −187 | −97 | −4 | 0 | −109 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | −547 | −1,000 | −701 | −883 | −510 | |
| Net (decrease) increase in total deposits | 302 | 968 | 660 | −171 | 640 | |
| Net (decrease) increase in short-term borrowings | −159 | −182 | −349 | 991 | 130 | |
| Proceeds from (Repayments of) Other Long-Term Debt | −131 | 3 | −3 | −64 | — | |
| Proceeds from Issuance of Subordinated Long-term Debt | 300 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payments of Debt Issuance Costs | −4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Cash dividends paid on common stock | −95 | −90 | −87 | −87 | −87 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 0 | 0 | 48,000 | 177,000 | 64,000 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 213 | 699 | 220 | 670 | 111 | |
| Net (decrease) increase in Cash and due from banks | 4 | −39 | 6 | −13 | −11 | |
| Interest paid | 365 | 398 | 235 | 60 | 33 | |
| Income taxes paid | 9 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 18 | |
| Acquisition of other real estate owned through foreclosure | 333,000 | 119,000 | 387,000 | 327,000 | 98,000 | |
| Issuance of restricted stock awards | 15 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 12 | |
| Goodwill | 92 | 2 | 4 | 800,000 | 63 |