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 2.50% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $51 and the highest is $62.

Price Target: $56.67 (+2.50%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$51	$56.67	$57	$62
Change	-7.76%	+2.50%	+3.09%	+12.14%

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	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	1	2	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	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	+12.14%	Sep 2, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $48 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$48 → $51	-7.76%	Aug 1, 2025
Russell Gunther Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Maintains $53 → $57	Buy	Maintains	$53 → $57	+3.09%	Jul 28, 2025
Wood Lay Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $50 → $53	Buy	Maintains	$50 → $53	-4.14%	Jul 24, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Initiates $48	Hold	Initiates	$48	-13.19%	May 13, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

456.70M

Increased by 36.85%

from 333.72M

Revenue Next Year

495.30M

Increased by 8.45%

from 456.70M

EPS This Year

3.75

Increased by 103.37%

from 1.84

EPS Next Year

4.08

Increased by 8.83%

from 3.75

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	456.70M	495.30M
Revenue Growth	-3.31%	15.33%	21.48%	4.28%	-13.62%	36.85%	8.45%
EPS	2.81	3.19	4.12	2.53	1.84	3.75	4.08
EPS Growth	-9.23%	13.30%	29.31%	-38.58%	-27.10%	103.37%	8.83%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	14.74	13.55
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	471.5M	512.4M
Avg	456.7M	495.3M
Low	436.9M	473.4M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	41.3%	12.2%
Avg	36.8%	8.5%
Low	30.9%	3.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	3.94	4.40
Avg	3.75	4.08
Low	3.51	3.69

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	113.5%	17.3%
Avg	103.4%	8.8%
Low	90.1%	-1.5%

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.