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First Financial Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial OH FDIC cert 6600

Cincinnati, OH

165 branches across OH · IN · IL · KY · MI

135 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 4 in OH
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First Financial Bank has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 38.2% in tier
  • + ROA 0.27% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.46% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.23% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.08% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (OH) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $22.7B
+23.7% YoY +8.1% QoQ
-$24.7B $47.4B
-2.0% YoY
$36.0B
+10.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.0% YoY
44%
Total Loans ? $13.3B
+15.0% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-$16.3B $29.6B
-0.4% YoY
$15.8B
+12.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.7% YoY
38%
Total Deposits ? $18.1B
+25.6% YoY +8.2% QoQ
-$20.6B $38.7B
-1.6% YoY
$26.1B
+8.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.0% YoY
40%
Return on Assets ? 1.55%
+20.7% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+0.27% 1.28%
+19.3% YoY
1.13%
+9.6% YoY
1.24%
+13.1% YoY
79%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.23%
+7.3% YoY +2.4% QoQ
+0.46% 3.77%
+5.6% YoY
3.59%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 14.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 55.99%
+1.4% YoY +5.1% QoQ
+2.08% 53.90%
-4.0% YoY
72.32%
-4.0% YoY
66.84%
-3.8% YoY
47%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.79%
+52.6% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-0.23% 1.02%
-4.1% YoY
0.66%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
45%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 73.52%
-8.4% YoY -7.0% QoQ
-7.37% 80.88%
+2.0% YoY
79.14%
+0.8% YoY
76.69%
+0.9% YoY
76%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.29%
-1.4% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+3.47% 19.82%
+0.3% YoY
18.19%
-0.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.1% YoY
54%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.47%
+42.9% YoY -4.2% QoQ
-0.26% 0.73%
+4.0% YoY
0.44%
+14.5% YoY
0.66%
+19.3% YoY
55%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.08%
+4.5% YoY +9.9% QoQ
-2.49% 15.56%
-0.1% YoY
19.42%
+3.1% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
52%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.36%
+12.2% YoY -72.2% QoQ
+0.14% 0.23%
+0.9% YoY
0.57%
-2.5% YoY
0.32%
+4.0% YoY
Top 13.3% in tier

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (1)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#14 of 34 • Top 38.2% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest income relative to assets. Revenue less dependent on spread - more resilient to rate cycles.

Why this signature
Noninterest Income / Assets: 0.36%
(Tier: 0.23%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.55%
(Tier: 1.28%, National: 1.24%)
better than tier avg
34 of 34 Large banks match · 925 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 135 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

19
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.36%
Peer Median: 0.23%
#19 of 135 Top 13.3% in $10B-$250B
21
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.23%
Peer Median: 3.77%
#21 of 135 Top 14.8% in $10B-$250B
30
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.55%
Peer Median: 1.28%
#30 of 135 Top 21.5% in $10B-$250B
33
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 73.52%
Peer Median: 80.88%
#33 of 135 Top 23.7% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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