First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.80 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.56 by 44.14 percent. This is a 12.68 percent increase over earnings of $0.71 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $238.762 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $245.833 million by 2.88 percent. This is a 6.47 percent increase over sales of $224.253 million the same period last year.