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First Financial CorporationTHFFCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Major Banks

Terre Haute, Indiana bank holding company providing community banking across Indiana and Illinois.

Momentum strong 62
Mkt cap
$907M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$12.0M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.37×
price to book
ROE
14.3%
delivered
Implied ROE
8.6%
what the price asks
Next earnings
88 days
2 Feb 2027
Close · USD$76.24
1D-0.5%
1W-0.4%
1M+3.1%
3M-5.8%
6M+12.4%
YTD+26.2%
1Y+37.1%
ATR %2.6%
Beta0.49
52w lowhigh9.4% off high

What First Financial does

Terre Haute, Indiana bank holding company providing community banking across Indiana and Illinois.

Earns mostly from interest on loans funded by local deposits, with trust and wealth-management fees as a further source. The business is spread across small Indiana and Illinois markets, where it has long-standing customers and faces fewer rivals than banks in big cities.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Commercial banking
  • Trust & wealth management
  • Agricultural lending

Customers

  • Consumers
  • Small businesses
  • Agricultural borrowers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banking
  • Indiana/Illinois community banking

What could go right

  • Stable rural deposit base
  • Conservative underwriting

What could go wrong

  • Slow-growth rural markets
  • Agricultural credit cycles

Moat: narrow (distribution, switching costs). Long-tenured deposit franchise across small Indiana/Illinois markets with limited competition.

Headquarters: Terre Haute, Indiana · Founded: 1834 · Employees: 946

Named competitors

First Financial at a glance

Size First Financial (THFF) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $907M, the 2309th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $76.24 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 12.4%, against +13.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.9%); the operating margin is 39.7% (peer median 26.2%).

Valuation It trades at 1.37× book value against a peer median of 1.25× (8th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.6%; First Financial delivers 14.3%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026THFF 114Peer median 113
Six months, rebased to 100: First Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

First Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$374M$348M$308M$271M$230M
Revenue growth—+13%+13%+18%—
Net income$91.4M$79.2M$47.3M$60.7M$71.1M
Free cash flow$101M$85.3M$53.3M$79.4M$72.8M
Capital expenditure$4.28M$3.98M$6.11M$6.54M$1.43M
Total debt$475M$488M$223M$181M$86.3M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

First Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%+60%-20%0%FMNB289783628337CACALRSR4ALBAVAROWAMTBLASP8360NORIONCBNKOSBC283683468714THFF6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. First Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%10×20×FMNB289783628337CACALRSR4ALBAVAROWAMTBLASPVPBN8360CBNKOSBC283683468714PCZTHFFReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. First Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%FMNB289783628337CACALRSR4ALBAVLASP8360OSBC28368714THFFROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. First Financial is the large dot.

First Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (THFF vs FRME vs HBNC vs GABC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
First Financial THFF$907M+12%+10%14%1.37×8.6%
First Merchants FRME$2.56B+1%+8%8%0.97×9.2%
Horizon Bancorp HBNC$1.07B+13%+424%16%1.52×12.0%
German American Bancorp GABC$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%

How First Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

First Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTHFFPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.1%+1.7%8th highest of 21
6-month return+12.4%+13.6%10th lowest of 21
Return on equity14.3%7.8%3rd highest of 21
Price / book1.37×1.25×8th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E9.9×12.9×2nd cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies8.6%8.3%9th most demanding of 20
ROE delivered14.3%7.8%3rd highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
First Financial THFFUnited States$907M+12%+10%14%1.37×8.6%14.3%
Farmers National Banc FMNBUnited States$914M+9%+26%12%1.28×10.2%11.6%
O-Bank 2897.TWTaiwan$889M+4%-7%6%0.68×2.8%5.6%
Fukui Bank 8362.TJapan$872M+57%+16%7%0.86×7.9%7.5%
Chiba Kogyo Bank 8337.TJapan$845M+10%+28%5%1.01×8.4%4.9%
Camden National CACUnited States$980M+18%+6%13%1.36×9.5%12.9%
Alerus Financial ALRSUnited States$837M+26%-15%5%1.45×10.7%5.3%
Renta 4 Banco R4.MCSpain$984M+13%+12%29%4.15×13.9%29.0%
Alandsbanken Abp ALBAV.HEFinland$724M-5%-4%16%2.30×8.3%16.3%
Arrow Financial AROWUnited States$713M+4%+14%9%1.38×10.6%9.4%
Amerant Bancorp AMTBUnited States$1.15B+26%-8%8%1.38×11.0%7.5%
Laan & Spar Bank A/S LASP.CODenmark$711M+11%-7%12%1.26×5.2%11.7%
VP Bank VPBN.SWSwitzerland$706M+14%-10%4%0.49×n/a4.3%
Yamanashi Chuo Bank 8360.TJapan$1.16B+57%+30%5%0.72×5.7%5.0%
Norion Bank NORION.STSweden$1.18B+33%-2%13%1.23×6.8%12.6%
Capital Bancorp CBNKUnited States$692M+34%+10%13%1.60×10.0%13.2%
Old Second Bancorp OSBCUnited States$1.24B+15%+22%13%1.37×10.9%12.8%
Bank of Kaohsiung 2836.TWTaiwan$652M-1%-5%5%0.78×3.0%5.3%
Toho Bank 8346.TJapan$1.32B+24%+30%7%0.92×7.2%6.6%
Senshu Ikeda Holdings,Inc 8714.TJapan$1.41B-14%+29%8%0.88×6.0%8.0%
ProCredit PCZ.DEGermany$580M+9%+6%7%0.48×7.0%7.1%

Questions

Who are First Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: First Merchants Corp (FRME), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), German American Bancorp (GABC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Farmers National Banc (FMNB), O-Bank (2897.TW), Fukui Bank (8362.T), Chiba Kogyo Bank (8337.T), Camden National (CAC), Alerus Financial (ALRS).
Is First Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.37× against a peer median of 1.25×, 8th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.6%; First Financial delivers 14.3%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has First Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +12.4% against +13.6% for the median peer; over one year +37.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.