NASDAQ:FBNC - First Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FBNC."

First Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, January 24th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. This is a boost from First Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View First Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.07. The financial services provider earned $69.28 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $68.73 million. View First Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Bancorp.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for First Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect First Bancorp's stock price to reach $43.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Bancorp.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for First Bancorp.

Press coverage about FBNC stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 276,000 shares, a decrease of 5.1% from the January 15th total of 290,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 81,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View First Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Bancorp include SunTrust Banks (STI), TCF Financial (TCF), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Park National (PRK), Tompkins Financial (TMP), Arrow Financial (AROW), American National BankShares (AMNB), Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB), Ames National (ATLO), MidSouth Bancorp (MSL), First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF (FCAL), 1st Source (SRCE), BancFirst (BANF) and Bancorp (TBBK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Bancorp investors own include Hawkins (HWKN), Intelsat (I), Fossil Group (FOSL), Bank of America (BAC), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), AMC Entertainment (AMC), First Data (FDC), Apollo Global Management (APO) and China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU).

First Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (3.77%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.31%), State Street Corp (2.28%), Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC (2.00%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.56%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.44%). Company insiders that own First Bancorp stock include Dennis A Wicker, Eric P Credle, Mary Clara Capel, Michael Goodwin Mayer, Richard H Moore, Suzanne S Deferie and Thomas F Phillips. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Bancorp.

FBNC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Mendon Capital Advisors Corp, RMB Capital Management LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Bank of America Corp DE, Prudential Financial Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold First Bancorp company stock in the last year include Dennis A Wicker, Mary Clara Capel and Thomas F Phillips. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

FBNC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Marshall Wace LLP. Company insiders that have bought First Bancorp stock in the last two years include Michael Goodwin Mayer, Richard H Moore and Suzanne S Deferie. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

Shares of FBNC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FBNC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.85.