First Commonwealth Financial - FCF Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Commonwealth Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" FCF shares.
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7 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for First Commonwealth Financial's stock. Their FCF share price forecasts range from $15.50 to $19.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $16.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.2% from the stock's current price.
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First Commonwealth Financial's stock was trading at $16.09 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, FCF shares have decreased by 17.1% and is now trading at $13.34.
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First Commonwealth Financial saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,780,000 shares, an increase of 21.4% from the August 31st total of 2,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 418,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.6 days. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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First Commonwealth Financial Co. (NYSE:FCF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 26th. The bank reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.33. The bank earned $98.17 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $98.20 million. First Commonwealth Financial had a net margin of 32.04% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.74%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.31 EPS.

First Commonwealth Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, August 19th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.60%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 4th.
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First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.70%. 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 35.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCF will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.38% 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 $13.34.

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) has a market capitalization of $1.25 billion and generates $400.60 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $138.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.35 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,471 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.