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First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

FCF
59
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$21.12
-0.22 (-1.03%)
Market Cap
$2.15B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
59
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+8.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 95.8M (2021) → 103.6M (2025)

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation is a regional bank based in Indiana, Pennsylvania. It offers everyday banking services like checking and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, and wealth management to regular people and small-to-medium-sized businesses. The bank operates mainly across Pennsylvania and Ohio, serving communities that larger national banks sometimes overlook.

First Commonwealth makes money primarily by collecting interest on loans and charging fees for banking services. It has around 140 branch locations across its two-state footprint and competes by focusing on local relationships and community-level customer service, which can be harder for big national banks to replicate. The main risk the company faces is interest rate sensitivity — when rates fall, the gap between what it earns on loans and what it pays on deposits tends to shrink, which puts pressure on profits.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+15.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.9%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$11.3B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation is growing revenue at 6% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
67.1%
Premium pricing power — 67.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
26.3%
Excellent — 26.3% operating margin
ROCE
2.8%
Weak — 2.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+5.6%
Slow sales growth (5.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
+13.4%
Earnings growing (13.4% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
139%
Turns 139% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
24.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (24.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.10
Conservative — low debt load (0.10)
Interest Cover
1.01x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.0x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
13.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 13.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+2.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.66%
Moderate income — 2.66% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+3.8%
Dividend growing modestly (3.8% YoY)

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