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First Bancorp (FBNC) Competitors

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FBNC vs. ONB, PB, BOKF, HOMB, FNB, FFIN, UBSI, COLB, GBCI, and ABCB

Should you be buying First Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bancorp include Old National Bancorp (ONB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Home BancShares (HOMB), F.N.B. (FNB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), and Ameris Bancorp (ABCB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

First Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Old National Bancorp has a net margin of 18.74% compared to First Bancorp's net margin of 16.08%. Old National Bancorp's return on equity of 9.98% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Old National Bancorp18.74% 9.98% 1.14%
First Bancorp 16.08%8.52%1.02%

Old National Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $25.90, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. First Bancorp has a consensus price target of $49.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.31%. Given Old National Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Old National Bancorp is more favorable than First Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Old National Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
First Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than First Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 3 mentions for First Bancorp. Old National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat First Bancorp's score of 0.91 indicating that Old National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Old National Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of First Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of First Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancorp has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Old National Bancorp pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bancorp pays out 43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Old National Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Bancorp. Old National Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Old National Bancorp$2.96B2.42$539.19M$1.7213.04
First Bancorp$537.14M3.58$76.21M$2.1121.99

Summary

Old National Bancorp beats First Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FBNC vs. The Competition

MetricFirst BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.92B$1.97B$11.99B$8.92B
Dividend Yield2.09%2.73%5.61%4.12%
P/E Ratio21.9912.2819.9319.83
Price / Sales3.582.2925.68113.43
Price / Cash12.8911.9321.1757.06
Price / Book1.331.202.245.35
Net Income$76.21M$154.64M$1.00B$248.34M
7 Day Performance10.07%4.49%2.29%2.40%
1 Month Performance14.21%6.34%3.85%5.39%
1 Year Performance42.43%26.75%539.91%19.53%

First Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FBNC
First Bancorp
2.0645 of 5 stars
$46.33
+1.7%
$49.33
+6.5%
+43.9%$1.92B$537.14M21.991,396
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.9322 of 5 stars
$21.04
+2.5%
$25.90
+23.1%
+29.6%$6.56B$2.96B12.234,066News Coverage
Positive News
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
4.9978 of 5 stars
$69.11
+1.9%
$83.80
+21.3%
+20.4%$6.46B$1.79B13.163,916Analyst Revision
BOKF
BOK Financial
4.4883 of 5 stars
$94.66
+2.1%
$111.00
+17.3%
+11.7%$5.96B$3.48B10.885,056Analyst Revision
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.8488 of 5 stars
$28.11
+1.7%
$32.40
+15.3%
+23.9%$5.46B$1.47B13.392,552
FNB
F.N.B.
4.343 of 5 stars
$14.17
+1.9%
$17.57
+24.0%
+10.3%$5.00B$2.57B11.244,280
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
3.3174 of 5 stars
$35.67
+2.1%
$38.50
+7.9%
+29.0%$5.00B$752.91M22.021,500Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1778 of 5 stars
$35.90
+2.8%
$40.63
+13.2%
+16.3%$4.96B$1.63B13.352,553News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
COLB
Columbia Banking System
3.4916 of 5 stars
$22.91
+2.0%
$29.71
+29.7%
+23.4%$4.72B$2.97B9.714,721News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
2.8568 of 5 stars
$41.56
+2.7%
$50.00
+20.3%
+22.8%$4.72B$836.32M24.893,550Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.5877 of 5 stars
$62.44
+2.5%
$71.43
+14.4%
+31.7%$4.30B$1.12B11.992,850

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This page (NASDAQ:FBNC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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