First Bancorp Dividend

Q: What is the First Bancorp Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average First Bancorp dividend yield over the last 5 years is 2.17% and the average over the last 10 years is 1.88%. The payout ratio of First Bancorp in relation to the last financial year is 34.21%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 38.14%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share (EPS ).

Q: Is the First Bancorp dividend safe?

First Bancorp has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 16 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 1 -times. The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 3.41% . The average First Bancorp Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 4.80% . The average for the last 10 years is 11.02% .

$63.50

1.11%

Nasdaq, Sep 25, 04:00 pm EDT. Closed.

ISIN

US3189101062

Symbol

FBNC

Reports

Quarter | Annual

Index

NASDAQ Composite, S&P SmallCap 600

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Banks

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First Bancorp Dividend history 25 years & estimates 2026 to 2027

Dividend Analysis of the First Bancorp Stock

Current dividend yield	2.62 %
Dividendenrendite 5 Jahre	5.92 %
Dividend Yield 10Y	1.8 %
Payout 3Y	1.27 %

When does First Bancorp pay a dividend?

First Bancorp pays the next dividend on Oct 23 2026 (payday). The ex-day is on Sep 30 2026. The First Bancorp stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the First Bancorp stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were March, June, September and December . Dividends from First Bancorp are distributed via January, April, July and October.

Year	Dividend	Ex-day & Payday	Frequency
Fiscal Year	Dividend per Share	Ex-Day	Payday	Payment frequency
2026	$0.24 Forecast $0.24 Forecast	Sep 30 2026 Sep 30 2026 Oct 23 2026 Sep 30 26 Oct 23 26	Oct 23 2026	quarterly quarterly
2026	$0.24 $0.24	Jun 30 2026 Jun 30 2026 Jul 24 2026 Jun 30 26 Jul 24 26	Jul 24 2026	quarterly quarterly
2026	$0.24 $0.24	Mar 31 2026 Mar 31 2026 Apr 27 2026 Mar 31 26 Apr 27 26	Apr 27 2026	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.23 $0.23	Dec 31 2025 Dec 31 2025 Jan 25 2026 Dec 31 25 Jan 25 26	Jan 25 2026	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.23 $0.23	Sep 30 2025 Sep 30 2025 Oct 25 2025 Sep 30 25 Oct 25 25	Oct 25 2025	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.23 $0.23	Jun 30 2025 Jun 30 2025 Jul 25 2025 Jun 30 25 Jul 25 25	Jul 25 2025	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.22 $0.22	Mar 31 2025 Mar 31 2025 Apr 25 2025 Mar 31 25 Apr 25 25	Apr 25 2025	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.22 $0.22	Dec 31 2024 Dec 31 2024 Jan 25 2025 Dec 31 24 Jan 25 25	Jan 25 2025	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.22 $0.22	Sep 30 2024 Sep 30 2024 Oct 25 2024 Sep 30 24 Oct 25 24	Oct 25 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.22 $0.22	Jun 28 2024 Jun 28 2024 Jul 25 2024 Jun 28 24 Jul 25 24	Jul 25 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.22 $0.22	Mar 27 2024 Mar 27 2024 Apr 25 2024 Mar 27 24 Apr 25 24	Apr 25 2024	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.22 $0.22	Dec 28 2023 Dec 28 2023 Jan 25 2024 Dec 28 23 Jan 25 24	Jan 25 2024	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.22 $0.22	Sep 28 2023 Sep 28 2023 Oct 25 2023 Sep 28 23 Oct 25 23	Oct 25 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.22 $0.22	Jun 29 2023 Jun 29 2023 Jul 25 2023 Jun 29 23 Jul 25 23	Jul 25 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.22 $0.22	Mar 30 2023 Mar 30 2023 Apr 25 2023 Mar 30 23 Apr 25 23	Apr 25 2023	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.22 $0.22	Dec 29 2022 Dec 29 2022 Jan 25 2023 Dec 29 22 Jan 25 23	Jan 25 2023	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.22 $0.22	Sep 29 2022 Sep 29 2022 Oct 25 2022 Sep 29 22 Oct 25 22	Oct 25 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.22 $0.22	Jun 29 2022 Jun 29 2022 Jul 25 2022 Jun 29 22 Jul 25 22	Jul 25 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.22 $0.22	Mar 30 2022 Mar 30 2022 Apr 25 2022 Mar 30 22 Apr 25 22	Apr 25 2022	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.2 $0.2	Dec 30 2021 Dec 30 2021 Jan 25 2022 Dec 30 21 Jan 25 22	Jan 25 2022	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.2 $0.2	Sep 29 2021 Sep 29 2021 Oct 25 2021 Sep 29 21 Oct 25 21	Oct 25 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.2 $0.2	Jun 29 2021 Jun 29 2021 Jul 25 2021 Jun 29 21 Jul 25 21	Jul 25 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.2 $0.2	Mar 30 2021 Mar 30 2021 Apr 25 2021 Mar 30 21 Apr 25 21	Apr 25 2021	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.18 $0.18	Dec 30 2020 Dec 30 2020 Jan 25 2021 Dec 30 20 Jan 25 21	Jan 25 2021	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.18 $0.18	Sep 29 2020 Sep 29 2020 Oct 23 2020 Sep 29 20 Oct 23 20	Oct 23 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.18 $0.18	Jun 29 2020 Jun 29 2020 Jul 24 2020 Jun 29 20 Jul 24 20	Jul 24 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.18 $0.18	Mar 30 2020 Mar 30 2020 Apr 24 2020 Mar 30 20 Apr 24 20	Apr 24 2020	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.18 $0.18	Dec 30 2019 Dec 30 2019 Jan 24 2020 Dec 30 19 Jan 24 20	Jan 24 2020	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.12 $0.12	Sep 27 2019 Sep 27 2019 Oct 25 2019 Sep 27 19 Oct 25 19	Oct 25 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.12 $0.12	Jun 27 2019 Jun 27 2019 Jul 25 2019 Jun 27 19 Jul 25 19	Jul 25 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.12 $0.12	Mar 28 2019 Mar 28 2019 Apr 25 2019 Mar 28 19 Apr 25 19	Apr 25 2019	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.1 $0.1	Dec 28 2018 Dec 28 2018 Jan 25 2019 Dec 28 18 Jan 25 19	Jan 25 2019	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.1 $0.1	Sep 27 2018 Sep 27 2018 Oct 25 2018 Sep 27 18 Oct 25 18	Oct 25 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.1 $0.1	Jun 28 2018 Jun 28 2018 Jul 25 2018 Jun 28 18 Jul 25 18	Jul 25 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.1 $0.1	Mar 28 2018 Mar 28 2018 Apr 25 2018 Mar 28 18 Apr 25 18	Apr 25 2018	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 28 2017 Dec 28 2017 Jan 25 2018 Dec 28 17 Jan 25 18	Jan 25 2018	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 28 2017 Sep 28 2017 Oct 25 2017 Sep 28 17 Oct 25 17	Oct 25 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 28 2017 Jun 28 2017 Jul 25 2017 Jun 28 17 Jul 25 17	Jul 25 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 29 2017 Mar 29 2017 Apr 25 2017 Mar 29 17 Apr 25 17	Apr 25 2017	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 28 2016 Dec 28 2016 Jan 25 2017 Dec 28 16 Jan 25 17	Jan 25 2017	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 28 2016 Sep 28 2016 Oct 25 2016 Sep 28 16 Oct 25 16	Oct 25 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 28 2016 Jun 28 2016 Jul 25 2016 Jun 28 16 Jul 25 16	Jul 25 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 29 2016 Mar 29 2016 Apr 25 2016 Mar 29 16 Apr 25 16	Apr 25 2016	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 29 2015 Dec 29 2015 Jan 25 2016 Dec 29 15 Jan 25 16	Jan 25 2016	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 28 2015 Sep 28 2015 Oct 23 2015 Sep 28 15 Oct 23 15	Oct 23 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 26 2015 Jun 26 2015 Jul 24 2015 Jun 26 15 Jul 24 15	Jul 24 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 27 2015 Mar 27 2015 Apr 24 2015 Mar 27 15 Apr 24 15	Apr 24 2015	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 29 2014 Dec 29 2014 Jan 23 2015 Dec 29 14 Jan 23 15	Jan 23 2015	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 26 2014 Sep 26 2014 Oct 24 2014 Sep 26 14 Oct 24 14	Oct 24 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 26 2014 Jun 26 2014 Jul 25 2014 Jun 26 14 Jul 25 14	Jul 25 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 27 2014 Mar 27 2014 Apr 25 2014 Mar 27 14 Apr 25 14	Apr 25 2014	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 27 2013 Dec 27 2013 Jan 24 2014 Dec 27 13 Jan 24 14	Jan 24 2014	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 26 2013 Sep 26 2013 Oct 25 2013 Sep 26 13 Oct 25 13	Oct 25 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 26 2013 Jun 26 2013 Jul 25 2013 Jun 26 13 Jul 25 13	Jul 25 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 26 2013 Mar 26 2013 Apr 25 2013 Mar 26 13 Apr 25 13	Apr 25 2013	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 27 2012 Dec 27 2012 Jan 25 2013 Dec 27 12 Jan 25 13	Jan 25 2013	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 26 2012 Sep 26 2012 Oct 25 2012 Sep 26 12 Oct 25 12	Oct 25 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 27 2012 Jun 27 2012 Jul 25 2012 Jun 27 12 Jul 25 12	Jul 25 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 28 2012 Mar 28 2012 Apr 25 2012 Mar 28 12 Apr 25 12	Apr 25 2012	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 28 2011 Dec 28 2011 Jan 25 2012 Dec 28 11 Jan 25 12	Jan 25 2012	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 28 2011 Sep 28 2011 Oct 25 2011 Sep 28 11 Oct 25 11	Oct 25 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 28 2011 Jun 28 2011 Jul 25 2011 Jun 28 11 Jul 25 11	Jul 25 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 29 2011 Mar 29 2011 Apr 25 2011 Mar 29 11 Apr 25 11	Apr 25 2011	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 29 2010 Dec 29 2010 Jan 25 2011 Dec 29 10 Jan 25 11	Jan 25 2011	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 28 2010 Sep 28 2010 Oct 25 2010 Sep 28 10 Oct 25 10	Oct 25 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 28 2010 Jun 28 2010 Jul 23 2010 Jun 28 10 Jul 23 10	Jul 23 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 29 2010 Mar 29 2010 Apr 23 2010 Mar 29 10 Apr 23 10	Apr 23 2010	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.08 $0.08	Dec 29 2009 Dec 29 2009 Jan 25 2010 Dec 29 09 Jan 25 10	Jan 25 2010	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.08 $0.08	Sep 28 2009 Sep 28 2009 Oct 23 2009 Sep 28 09 Oct 23 09	Oct 23 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.08 $0.08	Jun 26 2009 Jun 26 2009 Jul 24 2009 Jun 26 09 Jul 24 09	Jul 24 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.08 $0.08	Mar 27 2009 Mar 27 2009 Apr 24 2009 Mar 27 09 Apr 24 09	Apr 24 2009	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.19 $0.19	Dec 29 2008 Dec 29 2008 Jan 23 2009 Dec 29 08 Jan 23 09	Jan 23 2009	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.19 $0.19	Sep 26 2008 Sep 26 2008 Oct 24 2008 Sep 26 08 Oct 24 08	Oct 24 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.19 $0.19	Jun 26 2008 Jun 26 2008 Jul 25 2008 Jun 26 08 Jul 25 08	Jul 25 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.19 $0.19	Mar 27 2008 Mar 27 2008 Apr 25 2008 Mar 27 08 Apr 25 08	Apr 25 2008	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.19 $0.19	Dec 27 2007 Dec 27 2007 Jan 25 2008 Dec 27 07 Jan 25 08	Jan 25 2008	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.19 $0.19	Sep 26 2007 Sep 26 2007 Oct 25 2007 Sep 26 07 Oct 25 07	Oct 25 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.19 $0.19	Jun 27 2007 Jun 27 2007 Jul 25 2007 Jun 27 07 Jul 25 07	Jul 25 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.19 $0.19	Mar 28 2007 Mar 28 2007 Apr 25 2007 Mar 28 07 Apr 25 07	Apr 25 2007	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.19 $0.19	Dec 27 2006 Dec 27 2006 Jan 25 2007 Dec 27 06 Jan 25 07	Jan 25 2007	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.19 $0.19	Sep 27 2006 Sep 27 2006 Oct 25 2006 Sep 27 06 Oct 25 06	Oct 25 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.18 $0.18	Jun 28 2006 Jun 28 2006 Jul 25 2006 Jun 28 06 Jul 25 06	Jul 25 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.18 $0.18	Mar 29 2006 Mar 29 2006 Apr 25 2006 Mar 29 06 Apr 25 06	Apr 25 2006	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.18 $0.18	Dec 28 2005 Dec 28 2005 Jan 25 2006 Dec 28 05 Jan 25 06	Jan 25 2006	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.18 $0.18	Sep 28 2005 Sep 28 2005 Oct 25 2005 Sep 28 05 Oct 25 05	Oct 25 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.17 $0.17	Jun 28 2005 Jun 28 2005 Jul 25 2005 Jun 28 05 Jul 25 05	Jul 25 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.17 $0.17	Mar 29 2005 Mar 29 2005 Apr 25 2005 Mar 29 05 Apr 25 05	Apr 25 2005	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.17 $0.17	Dec 29 2004 Dec 29 2004 Jan 25 2005 Dec 29 04 Jan 25 05	Jan 25 2005	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.1667 $0.17	Sep 28 2004 Sep 28 2004 Oct 25 2004 Sep 28 04 Oct 25 04	Oct 25 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.16 $0.16	Jun 28 2004 Jun 28 2004 Jul 23 2004 Jun 28 04 Jul 23 04	Jul 23 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.16 $0.16	Mar 29 2004 Mar 29 2004 Apr 23 2004 Mar 29 04 Apr 23 04	Apr 23 2004	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.16 $0.16	Dec 29 2003 Dec 29 2003 Jan 23 2004 Dec 29 03 Jan 23 04	Jan 23 2004	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.16 $0.16	Sep 26 2003 Sep 26 2003 Oct 24 2003 Sep 26 03 Oct 24 03	Oct 24 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.1533 $0.15	Jun 26 2003 Jun 26 2003 Jul 25 2003 Jun 26 03 Jul 25 03	Jul 25 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.1533 $0.15	Mar 27 2003 Mar 27 2003 Apr 25 2003 Mar 27 03 Apr 25 03	Apr 25 2003	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1533 $0.15	Dec 27 2002 Dec 27 2002 Jan 24 2003 Dec 27 02 Jan 24 03	Jan 24 2003	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1533 $0.15	Oct 02 2002 Oct 02 2002 Oct 25 2002 Oct 02 02 Oct 25 02	Oct 25 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1467 $0.15	Jul 02 2002 Jul 02 2002 Jul 25 2002 Jul 02 02 Jul 25 02	Jul 25 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1467 $0.15	Mar 26 2002 Mar 26 2002 Apr 25 2002 Mar 26 02 Apr 25 02	Apr 25 2002	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1467 $0.15	Dec 27 2001 Dec 27 2001 Jan 25 2002 Dec 27 01 Jan 25 02	Jan 25 2002	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1467 $0.15	Sep 26 2001 Sep 26 2001 Oct 25 2001 Sep 26 01 Oct 25 01	Oct 25 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1467 $0.15	Jun 27 2001 Jun 27 2001 Jul 25 2001 Jun 27 01 Jul 25 01	Jul 25 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1467 $0.15	Mar 28 2001 Mar 28 2001 Apr 25 2001 Mar 28 01 Apr 25 01	Apr 25 2001	quarterly quarterly

How much dividend does First Bancorp pay?

First Bancorp most recently paid a dividend of $0.24. First Bancorp paid a Dividend of $0.91 Per Share in the financial year 2025. With a stock price of $63.50 at Sep 25 2026, the current dividend yield is 1.43% (calculation: $0.91 / $63.50 = 1.43%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the First Bancorp Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average First Bancorp dividend yield over the last 5 years is 2.17% and the average over the last 10 years is 1.88%.

The payout ratio of First Bancorp in relation to the last financial year is 34.21%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 38.14%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric	First Bancorp
Current dividend yield	1.43%
Dividend Yield 5Y	2.17%
Dividend Yield 10Y	1.88%
Payout 1Y	34.21%
Payout 3Y	38.14%

Is the First Bancorp dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the First Bancorp dividend safe?

First Bancorp has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 16 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 1-times.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 3.41%. The average First Bancorp Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 4.80%. The average for the last 10 years is 11.02%.

Metric	First Bancorp
Increased	1 Year
Continuity	16 Years
Paid	25 Years
Growth 1Y	3.41%
Growth 5Y	4.80%
Growth 10Y	11.02%

Continuity

First Bancorp has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 16 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 1-times.

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First Bancorp Stock Forecast 2026

On the stock exchange, the First Bancorp stock (ISIN: US3189101062) is not traded as a top scorer in September 2026 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of First Bancorp 25.02% has risen since the beginning of the year 2026. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the First Bancorp stock price in real time at the top of the page.

First Bancorp (symbol: FBNC) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.84 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 6.21 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the First Bancorp stock forecast 2026 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 13.24 according to P/E ratio and 5.04 according to P/S.

Metric	First Bancorp
Dividend Score	??/15
Performance 2026	25.02%
P/E TTM	19.84
P/S TTM	6.21
P/E forward	13.24
P/S forward	5.04

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