03:31 AM EDT, 07/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- First Financial Bancorp ( FFBC ) reported late Thursday Q2 earnings of $0.64 per diluted share, down from $0.69 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $0.60.

Revenue, expressed as the sum of net interest income and non-interest income, for the quarter ended June 30 was $214.8 million, up from $212.5 million a year earlier.

Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $205.7 million.

The company's board increased its quarterly dividend by $0.01 to a new rate of $0.24 per share, payable Sept. 16 to shareholders as of Sept. 2.