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FNLC Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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FNLCThe First Bancorp, Inc.
Financial Services / Banks - Regional
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Above Peers
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- Momentum70
- Value58
- Quality57
- Risk resilience50
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FNLC Dividend answer
The First Bancorp, Inc. (FNLC) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 4.40%, or $1.52 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 4.34%, from $1.50 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.38 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 6, 2026. Payment date: Oct 16, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
FNLC Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next FNLC Dividend Date
When FNLC next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next FNLC dividend
FNLC's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.38 per share. Data last checked: Oct 6, 2026.
Latest FNLC Dividend Dates
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FNLC 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.
FNLC Annual Dividend History
FNLC Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.38, event yield 4.38%.
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
- 3.66%
- Cohort rank
- #292
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Financial Services rank
- #73
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.220
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.460
- Absolute change
- $0.240
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
FNLC's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 3.66% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #292 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.
FNLC Dividend Yield
How FNLC's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
FNLC'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 FNLC dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 4.38% | Quarterly | $1.50 | Sep 24, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Jul 7, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 4.40% | Quarterly | $1.49 | Jun 25, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 5.15% | Quarterly | $1.48 | Mar 26, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 5.52% | Quarterly | $1.47 | Dec 18, 2025 | Jan 6, 2026 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 5.75% | Quarterly | $1.46 | Sep 25, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | Oct 16, 2025 |
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| Jul 8, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 5.49% | Quarterly | $1.45 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 | Jul 18, 2025 |
| Apr 8, 2025 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 6.20% | Quarterly | $1.44 | Mar 27, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | Apr 18, 2025 |
| Jan 6, 2025 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 5.41% | Quarterly | $1.43 | Dec 19, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | Jan 16, 2025 |
| Oct 8, 2024 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 5.55% | Quarterly | $1.42 | Sep 26, 2024 | Oct 8, 2024 | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Jul 9, 2024 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 5.93% | Quarterly | $1.41 | Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | Jul 19, 2024 |
| Apr 8, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 5.91% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 19, 2024 |
| Jan 5, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 4.97% | Quarterly | $1.39 | Dec 21, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| Oct 6, 2023 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 5.75% | Quarterly | $1.38 | Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 20, 2023 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 5.54% | Quarterly | $1.37 | Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Jul 20, 2023 |
| Apr 6, 2023 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 5.40% | Quarterly | $1.36 | Mar 30, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | Apr 20, 2023 |
| Jan 6, 2023 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 4.51% | Quarterly | $1.34 | Dec 15, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | Jan 20, 2023 |
| Oct 4, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 4.57% | Quarterly | $1.32 | Sep 21, 2022 | Oct 5, 2022 | Oct 21, 2022 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 4.32% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Jun 30, 2022 | Jul 11, 2022 | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 4.37% | Quarterly | $1.28 | Mar 31, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Jan 7, 2022 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 3.80% | Quarterly | $1.27 | Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 10, 2022 | Jan 21, 2022 |
| Oct 8, 2021 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 4.24% | Quarterly | $1.26 | Sep 30, 2021 | Oct 12, 2021 | Oct 22, 2021 |
| Jul 7, 2021 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 4.37% | Quarterly | $1.25 | Jun 24, 2021 | Jul 8, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 |
| Apr 5, 2021 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 4.23% | Quarterly | $1.24 | Mar 25, 2021 | Apr 6, 2021 | Apr 16, 2021 |
| Jan 5, 2021 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 4.87% | Quarterly | $1.23 | Dec 17, 2020 | Jan 6, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Oct 5, 2020 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 5.57% | Quarterly | $1.22 | Sep 24, 2020 | Oct 6, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 |
| Jul 6, 2020 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 5.74% | Quarterly | $1.21 | Jun 25, 2020 | Jul 7, 2020 | Jul 20, 2020 |
| Apr 8, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 5.14% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Mar 26, 2020 | Apr 10, 2020 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Jan 6, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 3.93% | Quarterly | $1.19 | Dec 19, 2019 | Jan 7, 2020 | Jan 17, 2020 |
| Oct 4, 2019 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 4.32% | Quarterly | $1.18 | Sep 26, 2019 | Oct 7, 2019 | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Jul 9, 2019 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 4.46% | Quarterly | $1.17 | Jun 27, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Apr 9, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 4.46% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Mar 28, 2019 | Apr 10, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 |
| Jan 9, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 4.14% | Quarterly | $1.11 | Dec 20, 2018 | Jan 10, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Oct 5, 2018 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.62% | Quarterly | $1.06 | Sep 27, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.34% | Quarterly | $1.01 | Jun 28, 2018 | Jul 9, 2018 | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Apr 4, 2018 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 3.46% | Quarterly | $0.96 | Mar 22, 2018 | Apr 5, 2018 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Jan 5, 2018 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 3.46% | Quarterly | $0.95 | Dec 21, 2017 | Jan 8, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 3.46% | Quarterly | $1.06 | Sep 28, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Jul 6, 2017 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 3.90% | Quarterly | — | Jun 30, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Jul 28, 2017 |
| Apr 4, 2017 | $0.23 | $0.23 | 3.88% | Quarterly | — | Mar 24, 2017 | Apr 6, 2017 | Apr 28, 2017 |
| Jan 4, 2017 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.25% | Quarterly | — | Dec 23, 2016 | Jan 6, 2017 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Oct 3, 2016 | $0.23 | $0.23 | 3.87% | Quarterly | — | Sep 23, 2016 | Oct 5, 2016 | Oct 28, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
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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FNLC Dividends FAQ
Does FNLC pay a dividend?
The First Bancorp, Inc. (FNLC) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.38 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is FNLC's dividend yield?
FNLC's trailing dividend yield is 4.34%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is FNLC's next dividend?
FNLC's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is FNLC's ex-dividend date?
FNLC's latest covered ex-dividend date is Oct 6, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has FNLC's dividend changed?
FNLC's one-year dividend growth is 2.74% based on comparable covered dividend history.