04:48 PM EST, 01/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- First Financial Bancorp ( FFBC ) reported Q4 net earnings late Thursday of $0.68 per diluted share, up from $0.60 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.65.

Revenue for the quarter ended Dec.31, expressed as the sum of net interest income and total noninterest income, was $224.3 million, compared with $200.8 million a year earlier.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $216.3 million.