First Bancorp (North Carolina)

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: US3189101062
USD
55.23
-0.7 (-1.25%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
First Bancorp (North Carolina)
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Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
Enterprise Financial Services Corp.
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. (Pennsylvania)
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
Lakeland Financial Corp. (Indiana)
Trustmark Corp.
Merchants Bancorp (Indiana)
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd.
Westamerica Bancorporation

Why is First Bancorp (North Carolina) ?

1
High Profitability with a Net Interest Margin of 5.74%
2
With a growth in Interest of NAN%, the company declared Very Positive results in Dec 25
  • NET PROFIT(Q) At USD 15.71 MM has Grown at 332.75%
  • NII(Q) Highest at USD 106.2 MM
  • OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Highest at USD 60.67 MM
3
High Institutional Holdings at 84.18%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 5.91% over the previous quarter.
4
Market Beating Performance
  • The stock has generated a return of 36.98% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (S&P 500) returns of 17.78%
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to First Bancorp (North Carolina) should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Regional Banks should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Regional Banks)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is First Bancorp (North Carolina) for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
First Bancorp (North Carolina)
36.98%
2.84
29.37%
S&P 500
17.78%
0.92
19.35%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
18.58%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-7.90%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
33.97%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
84.18%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
21
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.30
EV to EBIT
12.24
EV to EBITDA
10.80
EV to Capital Employed
1.53
EV to Sales
2.55
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
12.53%
ROE (Latest)
6.21%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

20What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 15.71 MM has Grown at 332.75%

NII(Q)

Highest at USD 106.2 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 60.67 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 42.24 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 16.95 MM has Grown at 146.37%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 285.13 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 0

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for First Bancorp (North Carolina)

Net Profit
At USD 15.71 MM has Grown at 332.75%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

NII
Highest at USD 106.2 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The bank's income from core business is increasing

Net NPA

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 60.67 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is quite positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 42.24 % and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 16.95 MM has Grown at 146.37%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 285.13 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 0
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Here's what is not working for First Bancorp (North Carolina)

Capital Adequacy Ratio
Lowest at 14.83%
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The Bank's capital base vs its risk assets is deteriorating.

CAR (%)