First Commonwealth shares close at $21.19 ahead of third-quarter results
Key Facts
First Commonwealth Financial shares closed at $21.19 on October 26, 2026, ahead of the company’s third-quarter results, due after the market close the following day, according to EL7 data and the company’s announcement of the results date. The announcement follows a second quarter in which the company reported net income of $44.6 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.44. The company scheduled a discussion of the results on an investor call on October 28 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. The available material contains no third-quarter figures or new details on dividends or share buybacks, so the previous quarter’s results remain the documented financial context ahead of the announcement.
In the second quarter of 2026, First Commonwealth reported net income of $44.6 million, compared with $33.4 million in the same period of 2025, according to the company’s statement published via GlobeNewswire. Diluted earnings per share rose to $0.44 from $0.32 in the second quarter of the previous year. The company said net income under generally accepted accounting principles was $44.6 million, with diluted earnings per share of $0.44. These results provide a baseline for comparison when third-quarter figures are released, without by themselves revealing the performance of the latest quarter.
On interest income, net interest margin was 4.01% in the second quarter of 2026, up 9 basis points from the previous quarter and 18 basis points from the second quarter of 2025, according to the company’s statement. The company said in the statement that the margin “increased 9 basis points from the previous quarter and 18 basis points from the second quarter of 2025.” This improvement provides another indicator of how second-quarter results developed compared with the two reference periods identified by the company. The third-quarter picture will depend on the figures the company said it would publish after the market close on October 27.
On July 28, 2026, the company announced an additional $75 million share repurchase authorization, while $13 million remained available under the existing program as of June 30, according to the second-quarter results statement. The company said $13 million remained under the existing program on that date, then announced the additional $75 million authorization on July 28. It also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per share in the second quarter, up 3.7% from the second quarter of 2025. These are the documented dividend and repurchase details for the previous period; they do not in themselves establish that new decisions were made for the third quarter.
Available closing data show the shares closed at $21.06 on October 22, then at $21.10 on October 23, before ending the October 26 session at $21.19. These prices reflect closing levels on the three specified days and do not include data on the high or low during the October 26 session. The company is scheduled to release its third-quarter results after the market close on Tuesday, October 27, then hold an investor call on Wednesday, October 28, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, according to its conference call date announcement.