First Financial Bancorp’s recently made public that its Director OBRIEN THOMAS MURRAY unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.2 million on Aug 22 ’25. In the deal valued at $26.54 per share,7,383 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, OBRIEN THOMAS MURRAY now holds 46,480 shares worth roughly $1.23 million.
Then, OBRIEN THOMAS MURRAY bought 7,383 shares, generating $195,328 in total proceeds.
Before that, Brown Archie M sold 12,500 shares. First Financial Bancorp shares valued at $309,875 were divested by the President & CEO at a price of $24.79 per share. As a result of the transaction, Brown Archie M now holds 240,891 shares, worth roughly $6.35 million.
Hovde Group initiated its First Financial Bancorp [FFBC] rating to an Outperform in a research note published on August 19, 2025; the price target was $31. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Truist’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid May with a ‘”a Hold”‘ rating. Stephens also remained covering FFBC and has increased its forecast on December 09, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal-weight” rating.
Price Performance Review of FFBC
On Friday, First Financial Bancorp [NASDAQ:FFBC] saw its stock unchanged to $26.36. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.54%. First Financial Bancorp shares have risen nearly 3.82% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -1.93% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in First Financial Bancorp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in First Financial Bancorp stocks on 2025-08-29, growing by 0.66 million shares to a total of 2.06 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 1.4 million shares. There was a rise of 31.94%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
