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FBNC Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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FBNCFirst Bancorp
Financial Services / Banks - Regional
Low Priority
In Line With Peers
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- Momentum47
- Value30
- Quality66
- Risk resilience60
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FBNC Dividend answer
First Bancorp (FBNC) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 1.57%, or $0.96 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 1.56%, from $0.95 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.24 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 30, 2026. Payment date: Oct 23, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.24 per share.
FBNC Dividend Snapshot
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Next FBNC Dividend Date
When FBNC next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next FBNC dividend
FBNC's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest FBNC Dividend Dates
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FBNC Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
FBNC Annual Dividend History
FBNC Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.24, event yield 1.52%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 4.80%
- Cohort rank
- #259
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Financial Services rank
- #64
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.720
- 2025 regular DPS
- $0.910
- Absolute change
- $0.190
- Years increased
- 3
- Years reduced
- 0
FBNC's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 4.80% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #259 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
FBNC Dividend Yield
How FBNC's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
FBNC's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent FBNC dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 1.52% | Quarterly | $0.95 | Jul 28, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 1.47% | Quarterly | $0.94 | Apr 28, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 1.65% | Quarterly | $0.93 | Jan 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.23 | 1.79% | Quarterly | $0.91 | Oct 27, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 25, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.23 | 1.70% | Quarterly | $0.90 | Jul 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 25, 2025 |
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| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.23 | 2.02% | Quarterly | $0.89 | Apr 29, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.19% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Mar 14, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.00% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 25, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.12% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Jul 23, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 25, 2024 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.76% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Jun 14, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.45% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Apr 25, 2024 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.33% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 31, 2023 | Jan 25, 2024 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 3.14% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Sep 15, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.87% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Jun 15, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Jul 25, 2023 |
| Mar 30, 2023 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Mar 15, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Apr 25, 2023 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.03% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Dec 15, 2022 | Dec 31, 2022 | Jan 25, 2023 |
| Sep 29, 2022 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.35% | Quarterly | $0.86 | Sep 15, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 2.42% | Quarterly | $0.84 | Jun 15, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Jul 25, 2022 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 1.94% | Quarterly | $0.82 | Feb 7, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 1.75% | Quarterly | $0.80 | Dec 15, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| Sep 29, 2021 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 1.80% | Quarterly | $0.78 | Sep 15, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Oct 25, 2021 |
| Jun 29, 2021 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 1.86% | Quarterly | $0.76 | Jun 15, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Jul 25, 2021 |
| Mar 30, 2021 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 1.68% | Quarterly | $0.74 | Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Apr 25, 2021 |
| Dec 30, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 2.14% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Dec 15, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 25, 2021 |
| Sep 29, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 3.44% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Sep 15, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Oct 23, 2020 |
| Jun 29, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 2.71% | Quarterly | $0.66 | Jun 12, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Jul 24, 2020 |
| Mar 30, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 2.68% | Quarterly | $0.60 | Feb 4, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Apr 24, 2020 |
| Dec 30, 2019 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 1.34% | Quarterly | $0.54 | Nov 19, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | Jan 24, 2020 |
| Sep 27, 2019 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 1.28% | Quarterly | $0.46 | Jul 30, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Jun 27, 2019 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 1.22% | Quarterly | $0.44 | Apr 23, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Jul 25, 2019 |
| Mar 28, 2019 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 1.21% | Quarterly | $0.42 | Feb 5, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Apr 25, 2019 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | $0.10 | $0.10 | 1.23% | Quarterly | $0.40 | Oct 22, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Jan 25, 2019 |
| Sep 27, 2018 | $0.10 | $0.10 | 95.17% | Quarterly | $0.38 | Jul 24, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Oct 25, 2018 |
| Jun 28, 2018 | $0.10 | $0.10 | 87.78% | Quarterly | $0.36 | Jun 15, 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | Jul 25, 2018 |
| Mar 28, 2018 | $0.10 | $0.10 | 94.58% | Quarterly | $0.34 | Feb 6, 2018 | Mar 30, 2018 | Apr 25, 2018 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | $0.08 | $0.08 | 89.69% | Quarterly | $0.32 | Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 31, 2017 | Jan 25, 2018 |
| Sep 28, 2017 | $0.08 | $0.08 | 93.46% | Quarterly | $0.32 | Jul 25, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 | Oct 25, 2017 |
| Jun 28, 2017 | $0.08 | $0.08 | 1.02% | Quarterly | — | Jun 15, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | Jul 25, 2017 |
| Mar 29, 2017 | $0.08 | $0.08 | 1.11% | Quarterly | — | Mar 16, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Dec 28, 2016 | $0.08 | $0.08 | 1.16% | Quarterly | — | Dec 16, 2016 | Dec 31, 2016 | Jan 25, 2017 |
| Sep 28, 2016 | $0.08 | $0.08 | 1.61% | Quarterly | — | Sep 16, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Oct 25, 2016 |
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A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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FBNC Dividends FAQ
Does FBNC pay a dividend?
First Bancorp (FBNC) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.24 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is FBNC's dividend yield?
FBNC's trailing dividend yield is 1.56%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is FBNC's next dividend?
FBNC's next announced dividend is $0.24 per share with an ex-dividend date of Sep 30, 2026 and payment date of Oct 23, 2026.
When is FBNC's ex-dividend date?
FBNC's next announced ex-dividend date is Sep 30, 2026.
How has FBNC's dividend changed?
FBNC's one-year dividend growth is 5.56% based on comparable covered dividend history.