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FFBC Relative to the S&P 500

FFBC Relative to the Sector

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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the First Financial Bancorp. (NASD:FFBC) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of September 8 and a Sell Date of December 11 has resulted in a geometric average return of 5.48% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 15 of those periods. This is a good rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 8.82% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Financial sector, which runs from November 22 to April 13. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Financial Sector Seasonal Chart.

First Financial Bancorp is a mid-sized, regional bank holding company. It operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, First Financial Bank, and provides banking and financial services products through its six lines of business Commercial, Retail Banking, Mortgage Banking, Wealth Management, Investment Commercial Real Estate, and Commercial Finance. First Financial utilizes a community banking business model and serves a combination of metropolitan and non-metropolitan markets through full-service banking centers around Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. The primary component of its loan portfolio is commercial real estate loans, followed by commercial and industrial loans. A majority of First Financial’s net revenue is net interest income.

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