First Bancorp (FBNC) stock forecast: Can it reach its 52-week high of $60.77

Abby Carey

A share price of First Bancorp [FBNC] is currently trading at $60.95, up 0.74%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The FBNC shares have gain 9.98% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 16.54%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

First Bancorp [NASDAQ: FBNC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 07, 2026, when Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Strong Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $62 for it. Previously, Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight on November 03, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $58. Stephens started tracking the stock assigning an Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $48 on March 26, 2025. Janney downgraded its rating to a Neutral. DA Davidson upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on September 14, 2023, and downed its price target to $34. In a note dated July 31, 2023, Raymond James downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock.

First Bancorp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $34.50 and $60.77. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $60 within the next 12 months. First Bancorp [NASDAQ: FBNC] shares were valued at $60.95 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.56% based on the average FBNC price forecast.

Analyzing the FBNC fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for First Bancorp [NASDAQ:FBNC] were 549.22M which represents 11.09% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.68% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, 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 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.01.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for First Bancorp [NASDAQ:FBNC] is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.60, the price to book ratio is 1.53 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.75.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved CRAWFORD JAMES C III, Director, that happened on Aug 15 ’25 when 3475.0 shares were sold. Director, JAMES C CRAWFORD III completed a deal on Aug 15 ’25 to buy 3475.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Donnelly Abby Jill bought 46.0 shares on Jul 24 ’25.

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