Company Analysis

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (FCF)

NYSE: FCF · National Commercial Banks · Indiana, PA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.1
◀ Past 4.3● Present 6.3▶ Future 4.7

The grade of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past4.340% of the headline
● Present6.335% of the headline
▶ Future4.725% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2018-08-17.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-08-17); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2017-03-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $218 million in fiscal 2016 to $633 million in fiscal 2025, up 12.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.6%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.7%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 3.3% a year. 48% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 207 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's diluted share count grew about 3.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 48% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 207 sales (173 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06, buying about $87 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 87%: owes 87¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, First Commonwealth Financial Corporation earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 87 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 20% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 79 in its family; net margin 24.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $633 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 47% by size; a net margin of 24.1% ranks in the top 41%; revenue growth of 24.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$633Mbottom 47% of its family
  • net margin24.1%top 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth24.2%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 24% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Price, T Michael (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-01-04, 13.9 years (top 16% of its family); the 22 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.5 years (top 16%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 22 people in charge now (top 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 22 peopletop 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.5 yearstop 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record13.9 yearstop 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 48% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $180 million against debt of $262 million leaves -0.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 23% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 27.1% of revenue (top 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-0.7%bottom 23% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue27.1%top 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 32% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 24.2% a year over the last three filed years against 12.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 16% of its family); the newest year grew 5.4% (top 42%); capital spending grew 12.8% a year (top 37%) (its annual reports). First Commonwealth Financial Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+11.6 points a yeartop 16% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.4%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending12.8%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 24% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $633 million in fiscal 2025 came in 21.9% below the $810 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 34% of its family); net income of $152 million against a prior three-year average of $143 million (bottom 24%); a net margin of 24.1% against 30.7% before (bottom 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-21.9%bottom 34% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+7%bottom 24% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-6.7 pointsbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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