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First Commonwealth Financial CorporationFCFCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Western Pennsylvania regional bank offering commercial, retail, wealth and insurance banking services.

Momentum strong 66
Mkt cap
$2.03B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$16.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.37×
price to book
ROE
11.4%
delivered
Implied ROE
10.4%
what the price asks
Next earnings
81 days
26 Jan 2027
Close · USD$20.91
1D-0.8%
1W-0.4%
1M+4.2%
3M-2.4%
6M+12.7%
YTD+24.0%
1Y+32.3%
ATR %2.2%
Beta0.25
52w lowhigh6.4% off high

What First Commonwealth Financial does

Western Pennsylvania regional bank offering commercial, retail, wealth and insurance banking services.

Earns mainly the spread between loan interest and deposit costs, with fee income from wealth management, insurance and service charges as a smaller share. Pennsylvania supplies most deposits, and it has extended into Ohio through acquisitions.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • Wealth management
  • Insurance

Customers

  • Western Pennsylvania small businesses and consumer

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Western Pennsylvania community banking

What could go right

  • Regional commercial loan growth

What could go wrong

  • Net interest margin compression
  • Slower-growth legacy-industry footprint

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Long-standing Western Pennsylvania branch network built through community-bank mergers.

Headquarters: Indiana, Pennsylvania, US · Founded: 1934 · Employees: 1,522

Named competitors

First Commonwealth Financial at a glance

Size First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $2.03B, the 1779th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $20.91 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 12.7%, against +3.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.8%); the operating margin is 38.8% (peer median 37.9%).

Valuation It trades at 1.37× book value against a peer median of 1.05× (8th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.4%; First Commonwealth Financial delivers 11.4%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 4.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026FCF 114Peer median 104
Six months, rebased to 100: First Commonwealth Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

First Commonwealth Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$744M$730M$699M$626M$429M
Revenue growth—+4%+12%+46%—
Net income$172M$152M$143M$157M$128M
Free cash flown/a$171M$114M$129M$137M
Capital expendituren/a$16.1M$15.5M$22.0M$11.2M
Total debt$289M$452M$388M$834M$599M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

First Commonwealth Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+20%-20%0%002936HTHTBBKSRCE8381600908WUNTBGABCEFSCDCOM8370001227PAG0440STBA7380CUB002807FCF6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. First Commonwealth Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%10×20×002936HTHTBBKSRCE8381600908WUNTBGABCEFSCDCOM8370001227PAGSTBA7380CUB0028076199FCFReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. First Commonwealth Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%40%20%40%HTHTBBKSRCE8381600908WUNTBGABCDCOM001227CUB002807FCFROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. First Commonwealth Financial is the large dot.

First Commonwealth Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (FCF vs STBA vs WSBC vs NWBI)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
First Commonwealth Financial FCF$2.03B+13%+4%11%1.37×10.4%
S&T Bancorp STBA$1.79B+14%+2%10%1.27×10.8%
WesBanco WSBC$3.70B+13%+17%9%0.96×8.2%
Northwest Bancshares NWBI$2.23B+10%+13%11%1.18×9.3%

How First Commonwealth Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

First Commonwealth Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureFCFPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.2%+2.4%6th highest of 21
6-month return+12.7%+3.6%6th highest of 21
Return on equity11.4%9.8%8th highest of 21
Price / book1.37×1.05×8th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E12.4×11.5×8th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies10.4%9.6%10th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered11.4%10.0%8th highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
First Commonwealth Financial FCFUnited States$2.03B+13%+4%11%1.37×10.4%11.4%
Bank of Zhengzhou 002936.SZChina$2.01B-3%+1%3%0.34×2.6%n/a
Hilltop HTHUnited States$2.07B-4%-2%7%0.98×9.1%6.6%
Bancorp TBBKUnited States$1.97B-15%-7%33%2.96×26.3%33.0%
1st Source SRCEUnited States$2.09B+18%+4%14%1.59×10.5%13.9%
San-in Godo Bank 8381.TJapan$1.95B+5%+27%8%0.91×5.9%8.1%
Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank 600908.SSChina$1.94B+3%-5%10%0.54×2.8%10.1%
Western Union WUUnited States$2.15B-24%-2%44%2.35×14.3%44.0%
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) NTBUnited States$2.15B-3%0%21%1.94×12.0%21.1%
German American Bancorp GABCUnited States$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%12.8%
Enterprise Financial Services EFSCUnited States$2.21B+4%+2%10%1.20×10.2%9.6%
Dime Commercial Bancshares DCOMUnited States$1.85B+13%+14%9%1.39×12.4%9.4%
Kiyo Bank 8370.TJapan$1.83B+39%+20%9%1.13×8.6%9.4%
Bank of Lanzhou 001227.SZChina$1.82B-4%0%6%0.38×2.5%5.5%
Paragon Banking PAG.LUnited Kingdom$1.81B+5%-7%12%0.95×14.0%12.0%
Dah Sing Financial 0440.HKHong Kong$1.81B+4%-8%6%0.36×4.7%5.6%
S&T Bancorp STBAUnited States$1.79B+14%+2%10%1.27×10.8%10.0%
Juroku Financial Group,Inc 7380.TJapan$2.30B0%+16%6%0.70×6.3%6.1%
City Union Bank CUB.NSIndia$2.31B+8%+22%14%1.94×29.8%14.1%
Jiangsu Jiangyin Rural Commercial Bank 002807.SZChina$1.77B+5%-3%10%0.57×2.9%10.5%
Bank of Guizhou 6199.HKHong Kong$1.77B-4%-2%8%0.24×3.6%8.0%

Questions

Who are First Commonwealth Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: S&T Bancorp (STBA), WesBanco (WSBC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Bank of Zhengzhou (002936.SZ), Hilltop (HTH), Bancorp (TBBK), 1st Source (SRCE), San-in Godo Bank (8381.T), Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank (600908.SS).
Is First Commonwealth Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.37× against a peer median of 1.05×, 8th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.4%; First Commonwealth Financial delivers 11.4%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has First Commonwealth Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +12.7% against +3.6% for the median peer; over one year +32.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.