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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)

First Financial Q2 net income rises to $70.0 million, or $0.73 per diluted share

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

First Financial Bancorp reported second-quarter 2025 net income of $70.0 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, up from $51.3 million, or $0.54, in the first quarter. The company said revenue of $226.3 million was a quarterly record, and its board raised the quarterly dividend to $0.25 per share from $0.24, which gives shareholders a higher payout.

Key points

  • Q2 2025 net income of $70.0 million and diluted EPS of $0.73, versus $51.3 million and $0.54 in Q1 2025 and $60.8 million and $0.64 in Q2 2024
  • Record quarterly revenue of $226.3 million, which the company said was up 5% from the same quarter a year earlier
  • Quarterly dividend increased to $0.25 per share, payable September 15, 2025, to holders of record as of September 2, 2025
  • Pending acquisition of Westfield Bank; the company expects approval and closing to occur in 2025

The filing

CompanyFirst Financial Bancorp (FFBC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 24, 2025, 4:18 PM ET
Accession number0000708955-25-000065

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 24, 2025.

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