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First Financial Bancorp

The past year was a profitable year for First Financial Bancorp investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock gained almost 56 percent. First Financial Bancorp' stock rose the past 5 years at around 82 percent. First Financial Bancorp's net results between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 66,74 million dollars and 75,06 million dollars.

First Financial Bancorp's core business is the banking sector. The global banks lost around 24 percent worldwide over the last 10 years. Measured since 2011 the sector is 6 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 24 percent.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. First Financial Bancorp's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 4,15 percent per year.

First Financial Bancorp financed with a quite low debt position

Last year the balance sheet of the American company was worth 8,15 billion dollars. Last year the total debt of the company was 7,34 billion dollars. This equals around 90,07 percent of the total balance sheet. The American company's price/earnings-ratio was 15. So the market valued the stock at 15 times the 2015' earnings per share. Many analysts say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the bank equaled around 1,08 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 around 61,06 million stocks were listed.

All First Financial Bancorp's annual reports can be found here. More information about First Financial Bancorp can be found it's website. .