First Financial (THFF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" THFF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in THFF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for First Financial's stock. Their THFF share price targets range from $43.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $43.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.0% from the stock's current price.
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First Financial's stock was trading at $43.03 at the start of the year. Since then, THFF stock has decreased by 18.1% and is now trading at $35.25.
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First Financial saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 61,900 shares, a decline of 37.7% from the March 15th total of 99,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 49,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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First Financial Co. (NASDAQ:THFF) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 30th. The bank reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.07. The bank earned $50.84 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $51.10 million. First Financial had a net margin of 22.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.13%.

First Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th.
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First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.03%. THFF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 35.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, THFF will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.48% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF holds 103,820 shares of THFF stock, representing 0.85% of its portfolio.

2 employees have rated First Financial Chief Executive Officer Norman L. Lowery on Glassdoor.com. Norman L. Lowery has an approval rating of 46% among the company's employees. This puts Norman L. Lowery in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Financial investors own include Medtronic (MDT), Southern (SO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Energy Transfer (ET), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), AbbVie (ABBV), ONEOK (OKE), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and CenterPoint Energy (CNP).

First Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Financial Corp IN (6.24%) and Perkins Coie Trust Co (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include James O Mcdonald, Mark Jason Sr Blade Sr, Michael A Carty, Paul Joseph Pierson II, Susan M Jensen, Tina Jane Maher, William Curtis Brighton and William Randolph Krieble.
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