First Commonwealth Financial - FCF Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Commonwealth Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" FCF shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for First Commonwealth Financial's shares. Their FCF share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $15.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.2% from the stock's current price.
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First Commonwealth Financial's stock was trading at $13.97 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FCF shares have decreased by 9.8% and is now trading at $12.60.
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First Commonwealth Financial saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,830,000 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the February 13th total of 2,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 574,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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First Commonwealth Financial Co. (NYSE:FCF) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 24th. The bank reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.05. The bank earned $120.59 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $113.63 million. First Commonwealth Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.36% and a net margin of 29.90%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.37 earnings per share.

First Commonwealth Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 24th. Investors of record on Friday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, February 17th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 2nd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF (SENT), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), 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 iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL).

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.79%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 35.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCF will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.52% 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 shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.93%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.62%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.83%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.62%), Morgan Stanley (1.60%) and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.47%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian G Karrip, Matthew C Tomb, Norman J Montgomery, Ray T Charley, Stephen A Wolfe 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 $12.60.

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) has a market capitalization of $1.30 billion and generates $428.66 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $128.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 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.