Company Analysis

First Financial Corporation (THFF)

Nasdaq: THFF · State Commercial Banks · Terre Haute, IN · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade6.1
◀ Past 6.7● Present 5.0▶ Future 6.5

The grade of First Financial Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past6.740% of the headline
● Present5.035% of the headline
▶ Future6.525% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Financial Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Financial Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $109 million in fiscal 2016 to $306 million in fiscal 2025, up 12.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.1%bottom 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 39% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.2%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.0% a year. 31% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, First Financial Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 31% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-23, buying about $14 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 22% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 89%: owes 89¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, First Financial Corporation earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 89 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 41% of its family
  • return on equitytop 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 155 in its family; net margin 25.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Financial Corporation's standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $306 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 46% by size; a net margin of 25.9% ranks in the top 29%; revenue growth of 18.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 43% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$306Mbottom 46% of its family
  • net margin25.9%top 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth18.6%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 14% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 14th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Financial Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lowery, Norman D (PRESIDENT & C.E.O., as filed), filing under that title since 2024-01-03, 2.9 years (bottom 18% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (bottom 23%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 1%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 6 peoplebottom 1% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.4 yearsbottom 23% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.9 yearsbottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Financial Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $130 million against debt of $188 million leaves -1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 28.3% of revenue (top 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-1.0%bottom 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue28.3%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 20% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Financial Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 18.6% a year over the last three filed years against 12.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 29% of its family); the newest year grew 15.4% (top 12%); capital spending grew 40.8% a year (top 21%) (its annual reports). First Financial Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+6.5 points a yeartop 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.4%top 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending40.8%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 24% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Financial Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $306 million in fiscal 2025 came in 3.9% below the $318 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 17% of its family); net income of $79 million against a prior three-year average of $60 million (top 21%); a net margin of 25.9% against 27.7% before (top 34%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.9%top 17% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+33%top 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.8 pointstop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton THFF · research, not advice