First Financial (THFF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for First Financial's stock. Their THFF share price targets range from $43.00 to $43.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $43.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.5% from the stock's current price.
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First Financial's stock was trading at $43.03 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, THFF shares have decreased by 16.4% and is now trading at $35.99.
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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 trading volume of 49,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 30th. The bank reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.07. The bank had revenue of $50.84 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $51.10 million. First Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.13% and a net margin of 22.38%.

First Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 19th. Investors of record on Monday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.00%. 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 5.05%. 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First Financial Corp IN (6.24%), Valeo Financial Advisors LLC (0.26%), Perkins Coie Trust Co (0.13%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.06%). 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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Shares of THFF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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