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Profile - First Financial Bncrp./OH (NasdaqNM:FFBC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 26Price hit new 52-week high ($17.44)
Upcoming Events
Oct  1Dividend payment of $0.15
Location
300 High Street
Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: (513) 867-4700
Fax: (513) 867-4515
Employees (last reported count): 1,789
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Regional Banks
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 34%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 31 insider buys; 5,000  shares
 · one insider sell; 8,000  shares
·Institutional: 40% (61% of float)
(101 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 15.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
First Financial Bancorp. is a financial holding company that engages in the business of commercial banking, and other permissible activities that are financial in nature, through 17 wholly owned subsidiaries. They consist of First National Bank of Southwestern Ohio, Bright National Bank and National Bank of Hastings, all national banking associations; Community First Bank & Trust and The Clyde Savings Bank Company, both Ohio banking corporations; Indiana Lawrence Bank, Citizens First State Bank, Union Bank & Trust Company, Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Farmers State Bank, Vevay Deposit Bank and Sand Ridge Bank, all Indiana banking corporations; Hebron Deposit Bank, a Kentucky banking corporation, and Fidelity Federal Savings Bank, a federal savings bank. First Finance Mortgage Company of Southwestern Ohio is Bancorp's only finance company. First Financial Bancorp Service Corporation is Bancorp's operations subsidiary and Ohio City Insurance Agency, Inc. is Bancorp's insurance agency.
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Financial Summary
First Financial Bancorp. is a bank holding company whose 17 subsidiary financial institutions operate 115 offices in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total interest income fell 1% to $151.9 million. Net interest income after loan loss provision fell 14% to $69.5 million. Net income fell 16% to $23.8 million. Results reflect increased interest paid on deposits, a higher provision for loan losses and increased occupancy costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Barry Levey, 70
Chairman
--  --  
Stanley Pontius, 54
Pres, Chief Exec. Offier
$644K--  
James Hall
Exec. VP
--  --  
Michael O'Dell, 49
Sr. VP, CFO and Sec.
364K--  
Brian Moriarty, 58
Sr. VP- HR
150K$8.4K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:FFBCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 19-Oct-2000
$13.333
Recent Price$16.46 
52-Week High
on 26-July-2001
$17.44 
Beta0.19 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)53.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)24.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+0.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+34.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$778.3M
Shares Outstanding47.3M
Float31.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.60 
Dividend Yield3.65%
Last Split: 21 for 20 on 7-Mar-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$8.28 
Earnings (ttm)$1.11 
Earnings (mrq)$0.21 
Sales (ttm)$6.50 
Cash (mrq)$3.69 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.99 
Price/Earnings (ttm)14.79 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.53 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$313.9M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$53.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)17.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.36%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.82%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Long-Term Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$175.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short47.0K
Percent of Float0.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
56.0K
Short Ratio1.21 
Daily Volume39.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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