Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing First Commonwealth Financial Corp (FCF) to new highs

On Friday, First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF) was -0.83% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $15.71. A 52-week range for FCF has been $12.41 – $19.96.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 12.44%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -2.77%. With a float of $99.61 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $101.76 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1485 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 90.21%, operating margin of 23.96%, and the pretax margin is 30.39%.

First Commonwealth Financial Corp (FCF) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward First Commonwealth Financial Corp stocks. The insider ownership of First Commonwealth Financial Corp is 2.17%, while institutional ownership is 75.30%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 21 ’25, was worth 634,395. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 10 ’25, when Company’s EVP/Chief Lending Officer bought 3,020 for $16.57, making the entire transaction worth $50,041. This insider now owns 60,643 shares in total.

First Commonwealth Financial Corp (FCF) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.33 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -2.77% per share during the next fiscal year.

First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what First Commonwealth Financial Corp (FCF) is doing with its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.27. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 10.83.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.39, a number that is poised to hit 0.32 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.62 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of First Commonwealth Financial Corp (FCF)

Looking closely at First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF), its last 5-days average volume was 1.75 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.75 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 53.23%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.37.

During the past 100 days, First Commonwealth Financial Corp’s (FCF) raw stochastic average was set at 7.50%, which indicates a significant decrease from 36.04% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.26% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 35.19% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $16.27, while its 200-day Moving Average is $16.49. However, in the short run, First Commonwealth Financial Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $15.79. Second resistance stands at $16.00. The third major resistance level sits at $16.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $15.40, it is likely to go to the next support level at $15.22. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $15.01.

First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF) Key Stats

There are 101,816K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 1.59 billion. As of now, sales total 699,690 K while income totals 142,570 K. Its latest quarter income was 175,330 K while its last quarter net income were 35,850 K.