First Bancorp
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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
Short Interest & Short Volume
12.67 days to coverFINRA 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.
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.