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

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Commonwealth Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" FCF shares.
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4 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for First Commonwealth Financial's stock. Their FCF share price forecasts range from $14.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $15.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.4% from the stock's current price.
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First Commonwealth Financial's stock was trading at $13.97 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FCF stock has decreased by 6.5% and is now trading at $13.06.
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First Commonwealth Financial saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,400,000 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the April 30th total of 2,270,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 865,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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First Commonwealth Financial Co. (NYSE:FCF) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 25th. The bank reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.08. The bank had revenue of $117.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $123.86 million. First Commonwealth Financial had a net margin of 27.75% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.53%. The company's revenue was up 27.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.29 earnings per share.

First Commonwealth Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 25th. Investors of record on Friday, May 5th will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share on Friday, May 19th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 4th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12.
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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), AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF (SENT), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM), First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR) and

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.83%. 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 36.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCF will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FCF."

First Commonwealth Financial's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.75%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.28%), State Street Corp (4.49%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.36%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian G Karrip, Matthew C Tomb, Norman J Montgomery, Ray T Charley and T Michael Price.
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Shares of FCF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FCF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.06.

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion and generates $428.66 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $128.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.37 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,477 workers across the globe.

First Commonwealth Financial's mailing address is 601 PHILADELPHIA STREET, INDIANA PA, 15701. The official website for the company is www.fcbanking.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (724) 349-7220, via email at rthomas1@fcbanking.com, or via fax at 724-349-6427.