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First Bancorp

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First Bancorp

FBNC·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0000811589

The Company is the fourth largest commercial bank holding company headquartered in North Carolina. As of December 31, 2025, the Company reported total consolidated assets of $12.7 billion, total loans of $8.7 billion, total deposits of $10.7 billion, and shareholders' equity of $1.7 billion. Its primary business involves owning and operating the Bank, a state-chartered bank headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina, which conducts a full range of banking activities. The Company was incorporated in North Carolina on December 8, 1983. The Bank began operations in 1935 as the Bank of Montgomery, changing its name to First Bank in 1985. In September 2013, the Company and the Bank relocated their headquarters to Southern Pines, North Carolina. As of December 31, 2025, the Bank had two wholly-owned subsidiaries: Magnolia Financial and First Troy SPE, LLC. Magnolia Financial is a business financing company that provides accounts receivable financing and factoring, inventory financing, and purchase order financing across the southeastern United States. First Troy SPE, LLC serves as a holding entity for specific foreclosed real estate. SBA Complete, a former subsidiary of the Bank that offered consulting services for financial institutions nationwide regarding SBA loan origination and servicing, was in the process of dissolution as of December 31, 2024. The Company is also the parent of statutory business trusts that issue trust preferred debt securities for regulatory capital purposes.

First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 13 items for FBNC at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-24, rated 7/10. Across its 13 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 9 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for FBNC spans S-4, 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • First Bancorp Registers 1.97M Shares for First Carolina Merger via S-4
  • First Bancorp Q2 Net Income Jumps 31% to $50.5M, Dividend Raised
  • First Bancorp Q2 Earnings: Net Income Climbs 31% to $50.5M, NIM Reaches 3.71%
  • First Bancorp Deepens South Carolina Footprint with $166M Acquisition of First Carolina Bancshares
  • First Bancorp to Acquire First Carolina Bancshares, Expanding South Carolina Footprint

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$67.62M
Net Income
$111.05M
Diluted EPS
$2.68
Op. Cash Flow
$203.13M
Free Cash Flow
$198.89M
Cash & Equivalents
$309.6M
Total Debt
$74.57M
Debt / Equity
0.05×
Net Margin
164.2%
Shares Outstanding
41.47M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-25 · accession 0000811589-26-000051

Short Interest & Short Volume

12.67 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,202,810 shares in FBNC as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 2.3% increase from the prior period — about 12.7 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 69.8% of FBNC volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,202,810 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 2.3%
Days to cover12.67 at avg daily volume of 173,916
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)69.8% of 65,154 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume63.0%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$62.33
52-week range · as of 2026-09-24 $45.96 – $66.78
Market cap
$2.58B
Volume
237K (1.1× avg)
3-mo avg 216.8K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:49 UTC · Market closed

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FBNC
Sep 24, 2026, 3:50 PM EDT
Filing Type: S-4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $62.95
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: -$0.615 (-0.98%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Jul 22, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $62.61
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: -$0.280 (-0.45%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Jul 22, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $62.61
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: -$0.280 (-0.45%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Jul 14, 2026, 8:45 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $66.75
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: -$4.42 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Jul 14, 2026, 8:45 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $66.14
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: -$3.81 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
May 07, 2026, 4:11 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $59.18
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$3.15 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
May 07, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $59.18
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$3.15 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Apr 22, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $57.79
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$4.54 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Apr 22, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $57.79
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$4.54 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Mar 02, 2026, 4:24 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $57.99
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$4.34 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Feb 25, 2026, 4:41 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $60.21
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$2.12 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Jan 27, 2026, 4:19 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $56.68
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$5.65 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
FBNC
Jan 21, 2026, 4:05 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $60.50
Real-time Price: $62.33 info
Change: +$1.83 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $2.579B info
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