First Bancorp [FBNC] stock is trading at $51.65, up 3.03%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The FBNC shares have gain 8.69% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 19.70%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Stephens started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on March 26, 2025, and set its price target to $48. On February 07, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral. DA Davidson upgraded its rating to a Buy and decreased its price target to $34 on September 14, 2023. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on August 18, 2022, and downed its price target to $47. In a note dated August 01, 2022, DA Davidson downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $43 to $42.
First Bancorp [FBNC] stock has fluctuated between $34.50 and $50.34 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $50 within the next 12 months. First Bancorp [NASDAQ: FBNC] shares were valued at $51.65 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -3.19% based on the average FBNC price forecast.
Analyzing the FBNC fundamentals
First Bancorp [NASDAQ:FBNC] reported sales of 551.54M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 5.34%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.28% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.0.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 50.46 points at the first support level, and at 49.28 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 52.42, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 53.19.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, First Bancorp’s Current Ratio is 0.09. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.88, the price to book ratio is 1.38 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.01.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Capel Mary Clara, Director, that happened on Jun 09 ’25 when 1189.0 shares were purchased. Director, Capel Mary Clara completed a deal on May 28 ’25 to buy 568.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Taylor Frederick Leslie bought 5800.0 shares on May 22 ’25.
