First Bancorp/NC closed at $64.16 on Nov 3, down 1.50%, 3.3% below its 52-week closing high. Volume of 349.5K shares was 1.67× its 20-day average (above normal).
Split-adjusted performance: +3.8% over one month, +10.9% over six months, +32.2% over one year.
In the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, revenue was $169.10M, up 28.8% from a year earlier, with a net margin of 30.2%.
Short interest was 2.1M shares at the Oct 15 settlement, down 8.0% from the prior report (5.2% of float, 10.0 days to cover).