First Financial Bancorp /Oh/ (FFBC) Interest Expense - Debt (2010 - 2026)
First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) recorded Interest Expense - Debt of $6.3 million in Q2 2026, up 9.4% from $5.75 million a year earlier but down 20.3% from the prior quarter.
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First Financial Bancorp /Oh/ (FFBC) Interest Expense - Debt (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, First Financial Bancorp's Interest Expense - Debt came in at $27.78 million as of Jun 30, 2026, up 32.8% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $24.26 million, up 20.5% from FY2024.
- Annual Interest Expense - Debt has increased for four straight years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Interest Expense - Debt came in at $20.14 million in FY2024 (+1.5%), $19.85 million in FY2023 (+6.8%), $18.59 million in FY2022 (+12.9%) and $16.47 million in FY2021 (-18.0%).
- Quarterly Interest Expense - Debt has ranged from $3.97 million in Q4 2021 to $7.91 million in Q1 2026 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Interest Expense - Debt has increased for six consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 19.0% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Interest Expense - Debt in the last five years was growth of 60.1% in Q1 2026, against a decline of 32.4% in Q3 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $7.91 million (Q1 2026), $7.55 million (Q4 2025) and $6.02 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.91 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.55 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.02 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.75 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.94 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.15 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.07 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.99 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.93 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.95 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.84 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.86 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.68 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.61 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.54 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.97 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.02 Mn |
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First Financial Bancorp /Oh/ Interest Expense - Debt API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expense-debt&ticker=FFBC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-expense-debt", "ticker": "FFBC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expense-debt&ticker=FFBC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();