First Carolina Financial Services (FCBM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.70 to $12.96
• 50-Day Range: N/A
• 52-Week Range: $12.50 to $13.40
• Volume: 14,665 shs
• Average Volume: 107,058 shs
• Market Capitalization: $390.48 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $15.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

First Carolina Financial Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

First Carolina Financial Services scored higher than 71% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

First Carolina Financial Services has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

First Carolina Financial Services has a consensus price target of $15.00, representing about 16.2% upside from its current price of $12.91.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

First Carolina Financial Services has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: N/A
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of First Carolina Financial Services has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

First Carolina Financial Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.02, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in First Carolina Financial Services has recently increased by 100.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

First Carolina Financial Services does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

First Carolina Financial Services does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: -1.00

News Sentiment

First Carolina Financial Services has a news sentiment score of -1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for First Carolina Financial Services this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

8 people have searched for FCBM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

12 insiders have purchased shares of First Carolina Financial Services in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $1,458,258.00 in company stock, which represents 0.3735% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, First Carolina Financial Services insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $1,458,258.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

First Carolina Financial Services has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: N/A
• Industry: N/A
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FCBM
• CIK: 1531193
• Web: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for First Carolina Financial Services: $15.00
• High Price Target: $15.00
• Low Price Target: $15.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $138.92 million
• Price / Sales: 2.81
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 30,246,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $390.48 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: N/A