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Looking For Dividend Growth? Try These 8 Regional Banks
Nicholas Ward • Mon, Apr 29 • 6 Comments
First Commonwealth's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
First Commonwealth Financial's CEO Hosts 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Apr 23
First Commonwealth Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results; Declares Increased Second Quarter Dividend

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First Commonwealth Announces Webcast of 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting

PR Newswire (Apr 8, 2013)
First Commonwealth to Host First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 1, 2013)
First Commonwealth Financial's CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 30
First Commonwealth Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Financial Results; Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

PR Newswire (Jan 30, 2013)
First Commonwealth to Host Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

PR Newswire (Jan 2, 2013)
Windstream: Is The 11.4% Dividend Yield Sustainable?
Albert Alfonso • Tue, Dec 18, 2012 • 40 Comments
Marathon Oil: 75% Upside In 2013
Kyle Spencer • Tue, Dec 11, 2012 • 32 Comments
Jon L. Gorney Appointed To First Commonwealth Financial Corporation Board of Directors

PR Newswire (Dec 3, 2012)
First Commonwealth to Present at the INVESTPennsylvania Equity Conference on December 6, 2012

GlobeNewswire (Nov 30, 2012)
First Commonwealth Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Declares Third Quarter Dividend

PR Newswire (Oct 24, 2012)
First Commonwealth to Host Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, October 24, 2012

PR Newswire (Oct 1, 2012)
First Commonwealth Bank Names Stephen Cobain Head of Corporate Banking

PR Newswire (Aug 6, 2012)
First Commonwealth to Present at Investor Conference Hosted by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) on August 1, 2012

PR Newswire (Jul 27, 2012)
First Commonwealth Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

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First Commonwealth Declares Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire (Jul 24, 2012)
First Commonwealth Announces Executive Departure

PR Newswire (Jul 9, 2012)

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First Commonwealth's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
First Commonwealth Financial's CEO Hosts 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Apr 23
First Commonwealth Financial's CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 30
First Commonwealth Financial CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Oct 29, 2010
First Commonwealth Financial Corp.Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Jul 30, 2010
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Apr 23, 2010
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jan 26, 2009 • 1 Comment
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
First Commonwealth Financial Corp, Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 17, 2008
First Commonwealth Financial Corp Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 21, 2008

First Commonwealth Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results; Declares Increased Second Quarter Dividend

PR Newswire (Apr 23, 2013)
First Commonwealth Announces Webcast of 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting

PR Newswire (Apr 8, 2013)
First Commonwealth to Host First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 1, 2013)
First Commonwealth Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Financial Results; Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

PR Newswire (Jan 30, 2013)
First Commonwealth to Host Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

PR Newswire (Jan 2, 2013)
Jon L. Gorney Appointed To First Commonwealth Financial Corporation Board of Directors

PR Newswire (Dec 3, 2012)
First Commonwealth to Present at the INVESTPennsylvania Equity Conference on December 6, 2012

GlobeNewswire (Nov 30, 2012)
First Commonwealth Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Declares Third Quarter Dividend

PR Newswire (Oct 24, 2012)
First Commonwealth to Host Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, October 24, 2012

PR Newswire (Oct 1, 2012)
First Commonwealth Bank Names Stephen Cobain Head of Corporate Banking

PR Newswire (Aug 6, 2012)
First Commonwealth to Present at Investor Conference Hosted by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) on August 1, 2012

PR Newswire (Jul 27, 2012)
First Commonwealth Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

PR Newswire (Jul 25, 2012)
First Commonwealth Declares Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire (Jul 24, 2012)
First Commonwealth Announces Executive Departure

PR Newswire (Jul 9, 2012)
First Commonwealth to Host Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, July 25, 2012

PR Newswire (Jul 5, 2012)
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First Commonwealth Announces Share Repurchase Program

PR Newswire (Jun 19, 2012)
First Commonwealth Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Dividend Increase

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First Commonwealth Announces Webcast of 2012 Annual Shareholders' Meeting

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Company Description

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Regional - Northeast Banks

Country: United States

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Tuesday, April 23, 9:16 AM First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) declares $0.06/share quarterly dividend, 20% increase from prior dividend of $0.05. Forward yield 3.5%. For shareholders of record May 03. Payable May 17. Ex-div date May 01. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, April 23, 8:09 AM First Commonwealth (FCF): Q1 EPS of $0.11 in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Wednesday, January 30, 8:44 AM First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) declares $0.05/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.68%. For shareholders of record Feb. 11. Payable Feb. 22. Ex-div date Feb. 07. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, January 30, 8:12 AM First Commonwealth (FCF): Q4 EPS of $0.09 misses by $0.02. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 9:43 AM First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) declares $0.05/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.0%. For shareholders of record Nov 05. Payable Nov 16. Ex-div date Nov 01. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 8:03 AM First Commonwealth Financial (FCF): Q3 EPS of $0.09 misses by $0.03. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 8:37 AM First Commonwealth (FCF): Q2 EPS of $0.12 beats by $0.02. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 6:31 PM First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) declares $0.05/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.89%. For shareholders of record Aug 03. Payable Aug 17. Ex-div date Aug 01. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 9:19 AM First Commonwealth Financial (FCF): Q1 EPS of $0.11 beats by $0.02. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Friday, March 30, 2012, 12:49 PM Bespoke reveals its newest list of bargain basement stocks trading under $10/share with positive valuations and fundamentals as well as attractive price charts: ACET, AXTI, BZ, ERT, FCF, GCA, JRN, LF, MOVE, PACR, RF, RT, RUTH, SCLN, SUNH, SUSQ, TQNT, XOXO. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 8:39 AM First Commonwealth (FCF): Q4 EPS of -$0.05 misses by $0.14. Revenue of $61.8M (+1.7% Y/Y). (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Friday, June 17, 2011, 3:12 PM Keefe, Bruyette raises First Commonwealth (FCF +3.5%) to outperform on price weakness, saying the bank will likely continue to deal with additional credit costs in the near term, but its capital reserve is strong enough to handle any credit problems. 1 Comment [Financials, On the Move]
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 2:20 PM With widespread bleeding and near-2% losses for stocks, is anybody doing well in the wake of the "Volcker rules"? Smaller banks: SPDR KBW Regional Banking (KRE +2.7%) is leading sector ETFs by a sizeable margin. Fifth Third (FITB) up 8.8%; Comerica (CMA) up 9.8%; First Commonwealth (FCF) up 10.9%. Comment!
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 2:38 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AOS, AMFI, BK, BAX, BBT, BLK, CHB, CIT, CCE, CMA, CAL, DHR, EDU, FCF, FFCH, GSBC, HOG, HNI, HOMB, HBAN, IGT, KNL, MMR, MEG, MEI, MTG, NAFC, NVS, ORB, PPG, PBKS, RS, SWY, SHW, SFNC, SOAP, SON, KO, UMPQ, UTX, VCP. Comment!

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$FCF - 80% Barchart short term technical sell signal - 9.95% off its recent high - Relative strength Index 35.80%
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$IMOS Taiwan with October numbers way above expectations. Will get ignored, but stock is a screaming but at 2.5x FCF
11/9/12
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TripaxCap
IACI pounded on technicals since earnings release but now trades at ~10% FCF yield after strong earnings report. Oversold on fundamentals.
11/7/12
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David White
AMZN: Missed badly on EPS (-$0.60/share), but we all know the HFT/momentum traders love revenues (+27%). Still FCF was -31% vs Q3 2011.
10/26/12
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David White: bound to cut into AMZN margins eventually. Can't be good, especially after ugly EPS results.
10/26/12
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1980XLS-2.0: I will buy @ $50
10/26/12
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Zach Tripp
$DFZ RG Barry entered by screen. Covered dividend, reasonable P/FCF
10/21/12
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Zach Tripp
$KO: FCF/share up 21% from last year (9-months ending in Sept). Div payout @ 40% of FCF. Time to determine entry point.
10/17/12
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$IMOS 6F filing says 235k shares repurchased in month since buyback. 1/3 of $10M buyback. Mgmt saying stock is CHEAP w ith 25% FCF yield.
9/28/12
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IMOS moving up nicely, but still only 4x EV/FCF - their buyback begins on Monday after self-imposed 4 week blackout. Expect further move.
9/14/12
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Valuable Insights: This will be a $30 stock. IMOS has $4 free cash flow per year. They did that in '11 and will in '12. No net debt by year-end '12. Own it.
9/15/12
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David Wren: Great, thanks. Got back into it. Gonna keep watching it closely
9/18/12
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TTM FCF of HPQ: $4.7B--mkt cap: $33.2B--FCF Yield: 14%--not bad for the 10th most valuable brand: http://bit.ly/TAayzL
8/30/12
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$IMOS announces new $10 million buyback. On top of big earnings beat on Friday, and EV/FCF of 4x, we this stock going much higher.
8/20/12
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David White
AMZN: Missed badly on EPS (-$0.60/share), but we all know the HFT/momentum traders love revenues (+27%). Still FCF was -31% vs Q3 2011.
10/26/12
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David White: bound to cut into AMZN margins eventually. Can't be good, especially after ugly EPS results.
10/26/12
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IMOS moving up nicely, but still only 4x EV/FCF - their buyback begins on Monday after self-imposed 4 week blackout. Expect further move.
9/14/12
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Valuable Insights: This will be a $30 stock. IMOS has $4 free cash flow per year. They did that in '11 and will in '12. No net debt by year-end '12. Own it.
9/15/12
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David Wren: Great, thanks. Got back into it. Gonna keep watching it closely
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Paulo Santos
AMZN FCF TTM down almost 50%, cash $1bn lower yoy, etc. Guidance was lower as well.
4/26/12
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Paulo Santos: Nobody seems to see the one-off gain ...
4/26/12
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Josh Krause: Doesn't matter Paulo. Doesn't matter until the big money gives up. No idea when that will happen.
4/27/12
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WheresTheDough
I like what I read about $ALU but its balance sheet gives me the jitters FCF and negative NI. Can anyone give me reassurance ?
2/16/12
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BruceLee1984: Also they just sold off there Gensys unit and recieved 1.5billion for it, the money will be used for investments and debt payments.
2/17/12
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WheresTheDough: Thanks Bruce Lee. That's what I needed to hear ... or read
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FCF First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

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First Commonwealth Financial Corporation