First Financial Bancorp. logo FFBC - First Financial Bancorp.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 7
HOLD 11
SELL 1
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| PRICE TARGET: $35.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $37.00
LOW: $32.00
MEDIAN: $36.00
CONSENSUS: $35.00
UPSIDE: 11.93%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 85% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Fair Value Moderate
Trading 23.4% below fair value
Current Price $31.27
Bear Case $28.56 8.7% downside ($28.56 - $31.27) / $31.27 = -8.7% ROTCE 12.4% → 1.52x TBV
Fair Value $40.80 30.5% upside ($40.80 - $31.27) / $31.27 = 30.5% ROTCE 16.5% → 2.27x TBV
Bull Case $53.04 69.6% upside ($53.04 - $31.27) / $31.27 = 69.6% ROTCE 19.0% → 2.72x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

16.5%
9.5%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (16.5%) vs. cost of equity (9.5%)

Implied Market Multiple 2.12x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 16.5% vs. 9.5% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 2.27x on $14.77 tangible book, implying $40.80 per share. DDM cross-check: $13.51.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (19 analysts) $35.00
Analyst Range $32.00 – $37.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 17%

Warnings

⚠ Traditional cash flow models don't work well for banks — lending activity distorts how much cash the business actually generates.
⚠ Common valuation shortcuts don't apply here — for banks, interest payments are a core business cost, not overhead.
ℹ Dividend-based valuation: $13.51 (67% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.

Key Risks

  • Book value quality matters as much as level — check loan loss reserves
  • Interest rate sensitivity creates non-linear earnings surprises
  • Insurance reserving is actuarial, not financial — errors emerge slowly