First Bancorp Non-GAAP EPS of 0.70 in-line, revenue of 96.62M misses by 1.24M

FBNC Stock  USD 48.12  1.43  3.06%   
About 58% of all First Bancorp's shareholders are looking to take a long position. The analysis of overall sentiment of trading First Bancorp stock suggests that some investors are interested at this time. The current market sentiment, together with First Bancorp's historical and current headlines, can help investors time the market. In addition, many technical investors use First Bancorp stock news signals to limit their universe of possible portfolio assets.
  
First Bancorp reported Q3 earnings in line with expectations, but missed revenue estimates by 1.24M, causing shares to drop 2.67.

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First Bancorp Fundamental Analysis

We analyze First Bancorp's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of First Bancorp using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of First Bancorp based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

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Short Ratio Comparative Analysis

First Bancorp is currently under evaluation in short ratio category among its peers. Short Ratio is typically used by traders and speculators to identify trends in current market sentiment for a particular equity instrument. In its simple terms this ratio shows how many days it will take all current short sellers to cover their positions if the price of a stock begins to rise.

First Bancorp Potential Pair-trading

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