First Citizens BancShares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 10 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for First Citizens BancShares stock have an average target of 2,355, with a low estimate of 1,650 and a high estimate of 2,700. The average target predicts an increase of 28.34% from the current stock price of 1,835.10.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$1,650	$2,355	$2,568	$2,700
Change	-10.09%	+28.34%	+39.94%	+47.13%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Citizens BancShares stock from 10 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	2	2	4	4	4	3
Buy	2	2	1	2	2	3
Hold	5	5	5	5	5	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	9	10	11	11	10

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Ryan Nash Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Strong Buy Maintains $2,535 → $2,200	Strong Buy	Maintains	$2,535 → $2,200	+19.88%	Mar 18, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold → Buy Upgrades $2,250	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$2,250	+22.61%	Mar 11, 2025
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $2,303 → $2,384	Hold	Maintains	$2,303 → $2,384	+29.91%	Jan 29, 2025
Jason Goldberg Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $2,456 → $2,568	Hold	Maintains	$2,456 → $2,568	+39.94%	Jan 27, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $2,100 → $2,250	Hold	Maintains	$2,100 → $2,250	+22.61%	Jan 27, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.46B

from 9.33B

1.40%

from 9.33B

Revenue Next Year

9.73B

from 9.46B

2.84%

from 9.46B

EPS This Year

174.53

from 189.38

-7.84%

from 189.38

EPS Next Year

198.81

from 174.53

13.92%

from 174.53

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.81B	1.94B	4.00B	7.60B	9.33B	9.46B	9.73B	9.94B
Revenue Growth	6.56%	7.08%	106.67%	90.15%	22.69%	1.40%	2.84%	2.20%
EPS	47.50	53.88	67.40	784.51	189.38	174.53	198.81	218.73
EPS Growth	15.71%	13.43%	25.09%	1,063.96%	-75.86%	-7.84%	13.92%	10.02%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.51	9.23	8.39
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	6

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	10.2B	10.5B	10.9B
Avg	9.5B	9.7B	9.9B
Low	8.5B	8.5B	8.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	9.0%	11.1%	12.0%
Avg	1.4%	2.8%	2.2%
Low	-9.2%	-10.1%	-8.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	187.85	219.98	233.08
Avg	174.53	198.81	218.73
Low	156.94	180.81	196.00

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-0.8%	26.0%	17.2%
Avg	-7.8%	13.9%	10.0%
Low	-17.1%	3.6%	-1.4%

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.