Seasonality
FFBC seasonality — First Financial Bancorp
Over the last 11 years, FFBC's strongest month on average has been November (+6.2%) and its weakest March (-5.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.65% | +4.37% | 70% | +14.9% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.33% | -2.42% | 30% | +22.4% | -14.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -5.11% | -3.65% | 30% | +7.9% | -27.6% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.05% | +1.43% | 60% | +8.6% | -11.3% | 10 |
| May | -2.75% | +1.22% | 60% | +4.4% | -13.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.41% | +2.46% | 60% | +10.6% | -7.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.33% | +0.11% | 50% | +23.1% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.90% | -3.33% | 30% | +9.2% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.59% | -4.33% | 20% | +9.2% | -12.5% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.44% | +1.48% | 60% | +23.7% | -11.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.18% | +6.28% | 89% | +15.4% | -3.3% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.47% | +2.58% | 60% | +17.5% | -15.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — FFBC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14.9 | -2.3 | -0.7 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 10.0 | 0.0 | -3.5 | -4.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | +30.2% | |
| 2025 | 4.2 | -2.2 | -8.9 | -7.3 | 4.4 | 0.4 | -0.1 | 9.2 | -4.7 | -7.3 | 6.3 | 0.6 | -6.9% |
| 2024 | -5.6 | -3.2 | 3.3 | -1.4 | 0.9 | -0.4 | 23.1 | -3.2 | -4.7 | 1.4 | 15.4 | -9.0 | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 4.5 | -2.7 | -11.7 | -4.9 | -8.4 | 7.8 | 13.0 | -10.0 | -5.7 | -5.6 | 9.2 | 17.5 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 3.4 | -2.5 | -6.2 | -11.3 | 2.6 | -7.5 | 15.2 | -3.4 | -2.3 | 23.7 | 1.4 | -8.3 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 22.4 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 3.9 | -7.2 | -4.8 | 4.5 | -0.4 | 1.6 | -3.3 | 6.0 | +39.1% |
| 2020 | -5.5 | -14.3 | -27.6 | 3.1 | -13.6 | 4.5 | 0.2 | -1.4 | -12.5 | 19.1 | 12.2 | 9.2 | -31.1% |
| 2019 | 11.0 | 5.3 | -13.2 | 4.3 | -11.1 | 8.5 | 5.2 | -8.1 | 4.5 | -4.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 8.2 | -4.6 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 1.6 | -2.5 | -1.0 | 3.5 | -5.4 | -11.9 | 6.7 | -15.0 | -10.0% |
| 2017 | -3.2 | 0.7 | -1.1 | 0.7 | -9.4 | 10.6 | -7.6 | -6.5 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | -7.0 | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 6.2 |