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SAH, FCF Expected To Be Down Before Next Earnings Releases

March 28, 2017 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released in the coming weeks and determining how the stocks have performed Before their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and earnings reports. Sonic Automotive Inc. (NYSE:SAH), First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE:FCF) are all expected to be Down Before their earnings are released Tuesday. The movement of stock prices in the days and weeks leading to and following these earnings announcements may follow a predictable pattern. Most companies stock price histories show random or unpredictable movements around earnings dates. But some seem to repeat the same pattern quarter after quarter, year after year. The # of Reports in the table below shows how many previous quarterly reports comprise the indicator that predicts how a stock will act after its earnings are released. The specific technology used to make these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php . The following stocks are expected to go Down Before earnings are released Tuesday:

  Symbol  Company                          # of Reports         Quarter  Release Date
  SAH     Sonic Automotive Inc.            April Earnings       Q1       03/28/2017
  FCF     First Commonwealth Financial Corporation  April Earnings       Q1       03/28/2017

This technology is designed to help the stock trader identify those companies that seem to have a consistent pattern of movement before or after the earnings release date, based on the history of earnings releases for that company. It combines a calendar of expected earnings releases with a history of past earnings releases in a way that lets you see if a pattern exists.

Sonic Automotive Inc. (NYSE:SAH) - Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It operates in two segments, Franchised Dealerships and EchoPark. The Franchised Dealerships segment is involved in the sale of new and used cars and light trucks, and replacement parts; provision of vehicle maintenance, manufacturer warranty repairs, and paint and collision repair services; and arrangement of extended warranties, service contracts, financing, insurance, and other aftermarket products. The EchoPark segment operates stand-alone pre-owned specialty retail locations, which enable customers to search, buy, service, finance, and sell pre-owned vehicles. As of December 31, 2016, the company operated 116 franchises in 13 states representing 25 different brands of cars and light trucks; 18 collision repair centers; 107 franchised dealership stores; and 5 EchoPark stores. Sonic Automotive, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina..

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE:FCF) - First Commonwealth Financial Corporation, through its subsidiary First Commonwealth Bank, provides various consumer and commercial banking services to individuals, and small and mid-sized businesses in the United States. Its consumer services include personal checking accounts, interest-earning checking accounts, savings accounts, insured money market accounts, debit cards, investment certificates, fixed and variable rate certificates of deposit, mortgage loans, secured and unsecured installment loans, construction and real estate loans, safe deposit facilities, credit cards, credit lines with overdraft checking protection, IRA accounts, and automated teller machine (ATM) services, as well as Internet, mobile, and telephone banking services. The company s commercial banking services comprise commercial lending, business checking accounts, online account management services, payroll direct deposits, commercial cash management services, and repurchase agreements. It also offers various trust and asset management services; auto, home, and business insurance, as well as term life insurance; and annuities, mutual funds, stock, and bond brokerage services through a broker-dealer and insurance brokers. As of December 31, 2016, the company operated 105 community banking offices in western and central Pennsylvania; 17 community banking offices in central and northern Ohio; a corporate banking center in northeast Ohio; mortgage offices in Stow and Dublin, Ohio; and a network of 133 ATMs. First Commonwealth Financial Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Indiana, Pennsylvania..

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