First Citizens BancShares, Inc.

FCNCA Financial Banks Regional

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $14.5 billion, down 3.09% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.05%
EPS
+18.9%
Free cash flow
+28.7%
Total debt
−36.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

2,283.81 20.91 −0.91%
Market cap
$25.5B
P/E
11.8×
Fwd P/E
11.9×
Dividend yield
0.36%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (FCNCA) Debt to equity

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First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.1×, down 0.5× from fiscal 2025 (1.6×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.1× (fiscal 2018) to 1.7× (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 0.2× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.6× (2.50%)
FY2024 1.7× (5.62%)
FY2023 1.7× 278.92%
FY2022 0.5× 82.99%
FY2021 0.3× 62.81%
FY2020 0.2× (2.94%)
FY2019 0.2× 187.57%
FY2018 0.1× (78.74%)
FY2017 0.3× (5.61%)
FY2016 0.3× 12.77%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 1.1× (22.84%)
Jun 2026 1.5× (4.56%)
Mar 2026 1.5× (4.75%)
Dec 2025 1.6× (7.51%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.1× High 1.7×
Ten-year median 0.3×
Current reading's percentile 82

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
RF Regions Financial Corporation compare 0.3×
BAP Credicorp Ltd. compare 0.4×
MTB M&T Bank Corporation compare 0.5×
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Incorporated compare 0.5×
KEY KeyCorp compare 0.6×
CFG Citizens Financial Group, Inc. compare 0.7×
SHG Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd compare 1.5×
FCNCA First Citizens BancShares, Inc. 1.5×
BBDO Banco Bradesco SA compare 2.8×
Banks Regional industry median 0.2×
Financial sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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