Gator Capital Management released its Q3 2025 investor letter, boasting an 11.30% return, outperforming market and sector benchmarks. Download the letter to see the fund’s top 5 holdings for 2025.

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) was highlighted in the letter, showing a one-month return of -3.33% and a 17.89% loss over 52 weeks. On November 18, 2025, FFBC closed at $23.54 per share.

Gator Capital Management purchased a position in First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) in September, seeing it as an undervalued commercial bank with potential. While not a top pick among hedge funds, 28 portfolios held FFBC at the end of Q2.

Read more at Yahoo Finance: Here’s Gator Capital Management’s Investment Thesis for First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)