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 year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for First Commonwealth Financial's shares. Their FCF share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $15.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.9% 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 11.0% and is now trading at $12.43.
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First Commonwealth Financial saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,530,000 shares, a drop of 10.6% from the February 28th total of 2,830,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 768,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 24th. The bank reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 in the prior year, the business earned $0.37 earnings per share.

First Commonwealth Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 24th. Investors of record on Friday, February 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, February 17th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.86%. 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), Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM 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 3.84%. 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 27.59% 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."

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One share of FCF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.43.

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) has a market capitalization of $1.28 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.