First Bancorp

FBNC Financial Banks Regional

First Bancorp’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $549.3 million, up 2.26% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+28.8%
EPS
+154.0%
Free cash flow
+103.2%
Total debt
−19.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

64.95 1.05 −1.59%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
16.3×
Fwd P/E
13.5×
Dividend yield
1.46%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

First Bancorp (FBNC) Gross margin

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First Bancorp's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 75.7%, up 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (71.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 65.2% (fiscal 2024) to 97.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 69.8% and above the Financial sector median of 70.1%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 71.1% 5.87
FY2024 65.2% (8.80)
FY2023 74.0% (22.07)
FY2022 96.1% (1.05)
FY2021 97.1% 3.24
FY2020 93.9% 4.82
FY2019 89.1% (2.76)
FY2018 91.8% (2.60)
FY2017 94.4% (0.73)
FY2016 95.1% (0.11)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 76.8% (0.63)
Jun 2026 77.5% (0.15)
Mar 2026 77.6% 8.44
Dec 2025 69.2% 0.94
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 65.2% High 97.1%
Ten-year median 93.9%
Current reading's percentile 28

Gross margin against peers

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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