First Bancorp (FBNC)

First Bancorp Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts that cover First Bancorp stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $56.67, which forecasts a 12.44% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $51 and the highest is $62.

Price Target: $56.67 (+12.44%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$51	$56.67	$57	$62
Change	+1.19%	+12.44%	+13.10%	+23.02%

* Price targets were last updated on Sep 2, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Bancorp stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	4	4	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Wood Lay Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $53 → $62	Buy	Maintains	$53 → $62	+23.02%	Sep 2, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $48 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$48 → $51	+1.19%	Aug 1, 2025
Russell Gunther Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Maintains $53 → $57	Buy	Maintains	$53 → $57	+13.10%	Jul 28, 2025
Wood Lay Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $50 → $53	Buy	Maintains	$50 → $53	+5.16%	Jul 24, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Initiates $48	Hold	Initiates	$48	-4.76%	May 13, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

467.77M

Increased by 40.17%

from 333.72M

Revenue Next Year

524.64M

Increased by 12.16%

from 467.77M

EPS This Year

3.91

Increased by 111.76%

from 1.84

EPS Next Year

4.62

Increased by 18.38%

from 3.91

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	264.43M	304.98M	370.49M	386.34M	333.72M	467.77M	524.64M
Revenue Growth	-3.31%	15.33%	21.48%	4.28%	-13.62%	40.17%	12.16%
EPS	2.81	3.19	4.12	2.53	1.84	3.91	4.62
EPS Growth	-9.23%	13.30%	29.31%	-38.58%	-27.10%	111.76%	18.38%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	12.91	10.90
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	482.0M	543.9M
Avg	467.8M	524.6M
Low	449.0M	500.5M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	44.4%	16.3%
Avg	40.2%	12.2%
Low	34.6%	7.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	4.08	4.88
Avg	3.91	4.62
Low	3.68	4.36

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	121.4%	25.0%
Avg	111.8%	18.4%
Low	99.3%	11.6%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.