First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (FCNCA)

First Citizens BancShares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 10 analysts that cover First Citizens BancShares stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $2,139, which forecasts a 16.89% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $1,950 and the highest is $2,600.

Price Target: $2,139 (+16.89%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$1,950	$2,139	$2,050	$2,600
Change	+6.56%	+16.89%	+12.03%	+42.09%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Citizens BancShares 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	3	3	3	3	3	3
Buy	3	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	3	5	5	5	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	10	10	10	10	10

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nicholas Holowko UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $2,200 → $2,250	Strong Buy	Maintains	$2,200 → $2,250	+22.96%	Nov 5, 2025
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $2,000 → $2,050	Hold	Maintains	$2,000 → $2,050	+12.03%	Oct 28, 2025
Benjamin Gerlinger Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $2,250 → $2,000	Hold	Maintains	$2,250 → $2,000	+9.30%	Oct 27, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $2,100 → $2,050	Buy	Maintains	$2,100 → $2,050	+12.03%	Oct 24, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $2,150 → $2,000	Hold	Maintains	$2,150 → $2,000	+9.30%	Oct 24, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.59B

Increased by 2.82%

from 9.33B

Revenue Next Year

9.47B

Decreased by -1.30%

from 9.59B

EPS This Year

168.21

Decreased by -11.18%

from 189.38

EPS Next Year

190.69

Increased by 13.36%

from 168.21

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	1.81B	1.94B	4.00B	7.60B	9.33B	9.59B	9.47B
Revenue Growth	6.56%	7.08%	106.67%	90.15%	22.69%	2.82%	-1.30%
EPS	47.50	53.88	67.40	784.51	189.38	168.21	190.69
EPS Growth	15.71%	13.43%	25.09%	1,063.96%	-75.86%	-11.18%	13.36%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.88	9.60
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	17

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	10.0B	10.1B
Avg	9.6B	9.5B
Low	8.6B	8.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	7.0%	5.3%
Avg	2.8%	-1.3%
Low	-7.4%	-8.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	174.95	201.16
Avg	168.21	190.69
Low	156.85	173.46

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-7.6%	19.6%
Avg	-11.2%	13.4%
Low	-17.2%	3.1%

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 disclaimer.