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Price T Michael purchased ~$133K in First Commonwealth Financial Corporation stock

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (FCF)  ·  President & CEO  ·  Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4

Verity Signals Research Published Updated

= insider buy date

90-day return

-2.5%

vs SPY +12.7%

FCF price after insider trade by Price T Michael

Insider

Price T Michael

Role

President & CEO

Transaction

Open-Market Purchase

Approx. Value

~$133K

Trade Date

Mar 10, 2020

Company

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

Ticker

FCF

Source

SEC EDGAR Form 4

Strong conviction signal

Scored above average across multiple factors. Roughly 15% of insider trades qualify as Strong.

~$133K purchase

A meaningful investment of personal capital. The average insider purchase is around $150K, putting this in the typical range for serious positions.

President & CEO

CEOs have the deepest knowledge of company operations. Academic research shows CEO purchases outperform other insider trades by a wide margin.

3 insiders traded in the same window

When multiple insiders independently buy within 30 days, it's called a cluster. Studies show clustered insider purchases outperform solo trades significantly, because several people with inside knowledge are reaching the same conclusion.

-2.5% in 90 days (S&P 500: +12.7%)

This trade underperformed the S&P 500 by 15.2 percentage points. Not every insider trade wins. We track all of them so you can focus on the insiders with the best records.

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Price T Michael wasn't the only one buying.

3 insiders at First Commonwealth Financial Corporation traded within the same 30-day window.

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On March 10, 2020, Price T Michael — President & CEO of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$133K in First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (FCF) stock.

This transaction was part of a cluster — 3 insiders at First Commonwealth Financial Corporation made open-market purchases within the same 30-day window. Cluster activity from multiple independent insiders is one of the most studied patterns in insider trading research.

Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.

In the 90 days following this trade, FCF returned -2.5% versus +12.7% for the S&P 500 over the same period.

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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Signal strength Strong
Trade size ~$133K
Insider role President & CEO
Cluster 3 insiders
90-day return -2.5%
vs S&P 500 -15.2%

What is this?

When company executives buy or sell their own stock, they must report it to the SEC within 2 days. These public filings reveal what the people who know the company best are doing with their own money.

Why does it matter?

Insiders can sell for many reasons (taxes, diversification, expenses), but they generally only buy for one: they think the stock is going up. That's why insider purchases are more predictive than sales.

What makes a trade "strong"?

We score trades on 15+ factors: the insider's role (CEO > director), trade size relative to their salary, whether other insiders also bought (clusters), and historical accuracy of the insider.

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