NASDAQ:FCNCA - First Citizens BancShares Stock Price, News & Analysis

First Citizens BancShares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FCNCA."

First Citizens BancShares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, October 7th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 13th. View First Citizens BancShares' Dividend History.

First Citizens BancShares declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase 800,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

First Citizens BancShares Inc. (NASDAQ:FCNCA) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The bank reported $7.62 EPS for the quarter. The bank earned $402.89 million during the quarter. First Citizens BancShares had a net margin of 25.38% and a return on equity of 12.42%. View First Citizens BancShares' Earnings History.

First Citizens BancShares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for First Citizens BancShares.

News coverage about FCNCA stock has trended negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Citizens BancShares earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for First Citizens BancShares.

First Citizens BancShares saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 94,000 shares, a drop of 18.6% from the June 30th total of 115,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 62,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View First Citizens BancShares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Citizens BancShares include M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Deutsche Bank (DB), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Popular (BPOP), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN) and United Bankshares (UBSI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Citizens BancShares investors own include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Carbonite (CARB), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Exelixis (EXEL), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), FormFactor (FORM), aTyr Pharma (LIFE), Netflix (NFLX) and Paypal (PYPL).

First Citizens BancShares' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (4.96%), BlackRock Inc. (3.07%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.40%), Systematic Financial Management LP (0.99%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.55%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (0.46%). Company insiders that own First Citizens BancShares stock include Claire H Bristow, Craig L Nix, Daniel L Heavner, Frank B Holding Jr, Harold Lee Durham Jr, Hope Holding Bryant, Olivia Britton Holding, Peter M Bristow and Robert R Hoppe. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Citizens BancShares.

FCNCA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Pinebridge Investments L.P., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Northern Trust Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Maltese Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold First Citizens BancShares company stock in the last year include Claire H Bristow, Daniel L Heavner, Hope Holding Bryant, Olivia Britton Holding and Peter M Bristow. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Citizens BancShares.

FCNCA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eaton Vance Management, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, JPMorgan Chase & Co., AQR Capital Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V. and Laurion Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have bought First Citizens BancShares stock in the last two years include Claire H Bristow, Craig L Nix, Frank B Holding Jr, Harold Lee Durham Jr, Olivia Britton Holding and Robert R Hoppe. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Citizens BancShares.

Shares of FCNCA 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FCNCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $444.45.

First Citizens BancShares has a market capitalization of $4.94 billion and generates $1.65 billion in revenue each year. First Citizens BancShares employs 6,683 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First Citizens BancShares.

The official website for First Citizens BancShares is http://www.firstcitizens.com/.

First Citizens BancShares' mailing address is 4300 SIX FORKS ROAD, RALEIGH NC, 27609. The bank can be reached via phone at 919-716-7000.