First Bancorp (FBNC)

First Bancorp Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover First Bancorp stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $62.25, which forecasts a 5.19% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $57 and the highest is $66.

Price Target: $62.25 (+5.19%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$57	$62.25	$64	$66
Change	-3.68%	+5.19%	+8.14%	+11.52%

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	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	0	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	2	2	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	5	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 $65 → $66	Buy	Maintains	$65 → $66	+11.52%	Apr 23, 2026
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy → Hold Downgrades $58 → $64	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$58 → $64	+8.14%	Feb 9, 2026
Daniel Tamayo Raymond James	Raymond James	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $62	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$62	+4.77%	Jan 7, 2026
Wood Lay Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $53 → $62	Buy	Maintains	$53 → $62	+4.77%	Sep 2, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $48 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$48 → $51	-13.82%	Aug 1, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

520.45M

Increased by 37.39%

from 378.81M

Revenue Next Year

531.88M

Increased by 2.20%

from 520.45M

EPS This Year

4.80

Increased by 79.08%

from 2.68

EPS Next Year

5.18

Increased by 8.02%

from 4.80

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	304.98M	370.49M	386.34M	333.72M	378.81M	520.45M	531.88M
Revenue Growth	15.33%	21.48%	4.28%	-13.62%	13.51%	37.39%	2.20%
EPS	3.19	4.12	2.53	1.84	2.68	4.80	5.18
EPS Growth	13.30%	29.31%	-38.58%	-27.10%	45.26%	79.08%	8.02%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	12.34	11.42
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	6	6

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	540.0M	574.7M
Avg	520.5M	531.9M
Low	495.2M	454.8M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	42.6%	10.4%
Avg	37.4%	2.2%
Low	30.7%	-12.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	4.99	5.46
Avg	4.80	5.18
Low	4.52	4.85

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	86.2%	13.8%
Avg	79.1%	8.0%
Low	68.6%	1.1%

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 sources.