First Commonwealth Fincl had its Relative Strength (RS) Rating upgraded from 68 to 71 Monday — a welcome improvement, but still shy of the 80 or higher score you prefer to see.
This unique rating identifies market leadership by using a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score that indicates how a stock's price performance over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database.
History reveals that the top-performing stocks often have an RS Rating of over 80 as they launch their largest climbs. See if First Commonwealth Fincl can continue to show renewed price strength and clear that threshold.
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First Commonwealth Fincl is not currently showing a potential buy point. See if the stock goes on to build a sound pattern that could ignite a new run.
First Commonwealth Fincl saw both earnings and sales growth rise last quarter. Earnings-per-share increased from -21% to -20%. Revenue rose from -1% to 0%.
The company earns the No. 48 rank among its peers in the Banks-Northeast industry group. Northeast Bank, The Bancorp and NB Bancorp are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.
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