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 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for First Commonwealth Financial's shares. Their FCF share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $17.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $15.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% 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 increased by 0.0% and is now trading at $13.97.
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First Commonwealth Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,980,000 shares, an increase of 16.0% from the November 30th total of 3,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 432,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.2 days. Approximately 4.3% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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 quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 24th. The bank reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $120.59 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 posted $0.37 EPS.

First Commonwealth Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 24th. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 2nd.
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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 3.41%. 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."

First Commonwealth Financial's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.62%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.23%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.22%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.06%), SummerHaven Investment Management LLC (0.06%) and Comerica Bank (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian G Karrip, Matthew C Tomb, Norman J Montgomery, 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 $13.97.

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 1,471 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.