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First Commonwealth Financial Corp. (NYSE: FCF) closed the day trading at $15.90 up 1.34% from the previous closing price of $15.69. In other words, the price has increased by $1.34 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.74 million shares were traded. FCF stock price reached its highest trading level at $16.29 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.9.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of FCF, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.53 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.13.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Janney on July 29, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $19 from $16 previously.
On May 19, 2023, Stephens Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal-Weight but kept the price unchanged to $14.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 26 ’24 when KARRIP BRIAN G sold 8,926 shares for $13.09 per share. The transaction valued at 116,841 led to the insider holds 52,036 shares of the business.
Riggle Carrie L sold 7,563 shares of FCF for $99,907 on Nov 03 ’23. The EVP/Human Resources now owns 46,309 shares after completing the transaction at $13.21 per share. On Oct 27 ’23, another insider, CHARLEY RAY T, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 875 shares for $12.02 each. As a result, the insider received 10,518 and left with 328,550 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FCF now has a Market Capitalization of 1627571712 and an Enterprise Value of 2175290112. As of this moment, First’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.25, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.43. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.28. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.19. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.702.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FCF is 0.84, which has changed by 0.16741073 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24841464 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FCF has reached a high of $19.01, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $11.16. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.96%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.29%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FCF traded about 556.09K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FCF traded about 631440 shares per day. A total of 102.11M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 100.27M. Insiders hold about 2.05% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.38% stake in the company. Shares short for FCF as of 1722384000 were 1272779 with a Short Ratio of 2.29, compared to 1719532800 on 1243467. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1272779 and a Short% of Float of 1.73.
Dividends & Splits
FCF’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.51, up from 0.51 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.032504782The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.59. The current Payout Ratio is 32.09% for FCF, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-08-02 with an ex-dividend date of 1722556800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-11-19 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
