First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) Competitors

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) and Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FCF or ONB?

Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old National Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Commonwealth Financial	$626.61M	2.17	$157.06M	$1.61	8.25
Old National Bancorp	$2.54B	2.05	$581.99M	$1.85	8.81

Is FCF or ONB more profitable?

First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 24.96% compared to Old National Bancorp's net margin of 20.99%. First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity of 12.89% beat Old National Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Commonwealth Financial	24.96%	12.89%	1.44%
Old National Bancorp	20.99%	11.31%	1.20%

Do analysts rate FCF or ONB?

First Commonwealth Financial presently has a consensus price target of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.36%. Old National Bancorp has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.56%. Given First Commonwealth Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe First Commonwealth Financial is more favorable than Old National Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Commonwealth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Old National Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FCF or ONB?

72.6% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FCF or ONB a better dividend stock?

First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old National Bancorp pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility and risk, FCF or ONB?

First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FCF or ONB?

In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than First Commonwealth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 3 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that First Commonwealth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Commonwealth Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Old National Bancorp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCF or ONB?

Old National Bancorp received 91 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.26% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.34% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Commonwealth Financial	Outperform Votes 282 54.34%	Underperform Votes 237 45.66%
Old National Bancorp	Outperform Votes 373 55.26%	Underperform Votes 302 44.74%

Summary

First Commonwealth Financial and Old National Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.