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) Net margin

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First Bancorp's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 26.7%, up 6.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.1% (fiscal 2024) to 35.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 18.8% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 20.1% 5.98
FY2024 14.1% (4.82)
FY2023 18.9% (16.80)
FY2022 35.7% 6.86
FY2021 28.9% 3.47
FY2020 25.4% (4.17)
FY2019 29.6% (1.19)
FY2018 30.8% 10.48
FY2017 20.3% 2.83
FY2016 17.5% (0.72)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 30.2% (0.42)
Jun 2026 30.6% 1.14
Mar 2026 29.5% 16.59
Dec 2025 12.9% (2.55)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 14.1% High 35.7%
Ten-year median 20.3%
Current reading's percentile 63

Net margin against peers

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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