First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Commonwealth Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" FCF shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for First Commonwealth Financial's stock. Their FCF share price targets range from $15.50 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $16.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.8% from the stock's current price.
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First Commonwealth Financial's stock was trading at $15.44 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, FCF shares have decreased by 12.2% and is now trading at $13.56.
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First Commonwealth Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,190,000 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the February 29th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 496,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 23rd 2024.
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First Commonwealth Financial Co. (NYSE:FCF) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The bank reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $116.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $119.80 million. First Commonwealth Financial had a net margin of 24.96% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.89%. The firm's revenue was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.45 EPS.

First Commonwealth Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, May 17th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 2nd. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13.
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First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.68%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 31.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCF will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.25% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR) and SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV).First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR).

28 employees have rated First Commonwealth Financial Chief Executive Officer T. Michael Price on Glassdoor.com. T. Michael Price has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees.

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First Commonwealth Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%) and Buckingham Capital Management Inc. (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Carrie L Riggle, Norman J Montgomery, Ray T Charley and T Michael Price.
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