Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Initiates Coverage on First Financial Holdings (FFCH) with an Outperform

October 19, 2009 6:56 AM EDT

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods initiates coverage on First Financial Holdings (Nasdaq: FFCH) with an Outperform. Price target $20.

Keefe analyst says, "We believe First Financial Holdings offers investors a high-quality, valuable franchise with strategic advantages as a beneficiary of FDIC-assisted transactions, strong core profitability, a recently strengthened capital base, and important recent additions to the management team...We are establishing operating 2009 and 2010 EPS estimates of $0.19 and $0.65, respectively."

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First Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston (First Federal) that provides various banking and other related financial services.


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