With 0.65 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.23 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $52.12 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $50.67. The 52-week range on FBNC shows that it touched its highest point at $52.00 and its lowest point at $34.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.00. With its current market cap of 2.11 billion, FBNC has annualized dividend of $0.89 while the current yield stands at 1.75%. FBNC paid its most recent dividend on 1751241600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1751241600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.98.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of FBNC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 8.70%, but this was up by 15.63% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 24.37% while six-month performance rose 15.52%. The stock gained 15.94% in the past year, while it has gained 18.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FBNC yields 2.35 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.94. For the next quarter, that number is 0.92. This implies an EPS growth rate of 98.80% for this year and 7.76% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 41.47 million FBNC shares are outstanding with a float of 39.99 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 1.0 million, which was 242.0 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Richard Hancock Moore as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. Michael G. Mayer serves as its President & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.72009003 of FBNC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for FBNC since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With FBNC analysts setting a high price target of 57.0 and a low target of 48.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 53.0. Based on these targets, FBNC could surge 11.81% to reach the target high and fall by -5.85% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 3.96% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.52331 being high and $2.46082 being low. For FBNC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.495.
