First Citizens BancShares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 12 analysts polled by S&P Global, First Citizens BancShares stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $2,213. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 11.17% higher than the current stock price, while the lowest is $2,050 (+2.99%) and the highest is $2,475 (+24.34%).

Price Target: $2,213 (+11.17%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$2,050	$2,213	$2,152	$2,475
Change	+2.99%	+11.17%	+8.11%	+24.34%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Citizens BancShares stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	6	5	5	5	2	2
Buy	2	2	2	3	2	2
Hold	5	7	7	6	8	8
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	14	14	14	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jason Goldberg Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $2,346	Hold	Maintains	$2,346	+17.86%	May 11, 2026
Ben Gerlinger Citi	Citi	Hold Maintains $2,100	Hold	Maintains	$2,100	+5.50%	May 8, 2026
Anthony Elian J.P. Morgan	J.P. Morgan	Hold Maintains $2,200 → $2,150	Hold	Maintains	$2,200 → $2,150	+8.01%	Apr 24, 2026
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $2,100 → $2,050	Hold	Maintains	$2,100 → $2,050	+2.99%	Apr 24, 2026
Steven Alexopoulos TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Buy Maintains $2,500 → $2,300	Buy	Maintains	$2,500 → $2,300	+15.55%	Apr 24, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.65B

from 9.33B

3.43%

from 9.33B

Revenue Next Year

9.39B

from 9.65B

-2.72%

from 9.65B

EPS This Year

169.18

from 189.38

-10.67%

from 189.38

EPS Next Year

180.49

from 169.18

6.69%

from 169.18

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	9.65B	9.39B
Revenue Growth	6.56%	7.08%	106.67%	90.15%	22.69%	3.43%	-2.72%
EPS	47.50	53.88	67.40	784.51	189.38	169.18	180.49
EPS Growth	15.71%	13.43%	25.09%	1,063.96%	-75.86%	-10.67%	6.69%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.77	11.03
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	18	16

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	10.0B	10.0B
Avg	9.6B	9.4B
Low	8.6B	8.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	7.1%	3.5%
Avg	3.4%	-2.7%
Low	-7.4%	-11.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	177.30	188.84
Avg	169.18	180.49
Low	156.85	164.87

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	-6.4%	11.6%
Avg	-10.7%	6.7%
Low	-17.2%	-2.5%

Sources: Price targets and consensus ratings provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Historical ratings and analyst data provided by TipRanks. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.