Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Shareholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common stock trades on NASDAQ under the trading symbol “FBNC.” Tables have been included in Item 7 under the heading, "Selected Financial Information," which provide historic information on the market price for the Company’s common stock. As of February 19, 2026, there were approximately 3,381 shareholders of record and another approximately 24,403 shareholders whose stock is held in “street name.”
The tables in Item 7 under "Selected Financial Information" section also include information regarding cash dividends declared per share of common stock for the periods presented. For the first quarter in 2025, we declared a cash dividend of $0.22 . For each quarter thereafter in 2025, we declared a cash dividend of $0.23 per common share. For the foreseeable future, it is our current intention to continue to pay regular cash dividends on a quarterly basis. However, our ability to pay future cash dividends can be restricted or eliminated by regulatory authorities.
Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans
Refer to “Additional Information Regarding the Registrant’s Equity Compensation Plans” in Item 12.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Beginning in January 2024, the Board of the Company has authorized the repurchase of up to $40 million in shares of the Company’s common stock in private transactions and open market purchases. Any such repurchases would be made pursuant to a plan approved by and containing provisions about the timing, purchase prices and quantities
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purchased determined by management in its discretion. During the year ended December 31, 2025, 24,849 shares were repurchased. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company did not make any such purchases. As of December 31, 2025, The Company had remaining authorization to purchase up to $39.0 million of outstanding stock under the program. On January 27, 2026, the Board reauthorized the repurchase of up to $40 million in shares of the Company's common stock through January 27, 2027. No repurchases of any shares of the Company's common stock were made in 2026 through the date of this Annual Report in Form 10-K.
Performance Graph
The performance graph shown below compares the Company’s cumulative total return to shareholders for the five-year period commencing December 31, 2020 and ending December 31, 2025, with the cumulative total return of the Russell 2000 Index (reflecting overall stock market performance of small-capitalization companies), and the S&P U.S. BMI Banks Industry Group Index, as constructed by S & P Global (reflecting performance in broad market banking industry stocks). The graph and table assume that $100 was invested on December 31, 2020 in each of the Company’s common stock, the Russell 2000 Index, and the S&P U.S. BMI Banks Industry Group Index, and that all dividends were reinvested.
First Bancorp Comparison of Five-Year Total Return Performances (1)
Five Years Ended December 31, 2025
Total Return Index Values (1)
December 31,
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
First Bancorp $ 100.00 $ 137.66 $ 131.93 $ 117.09 $ 142.38 $ 167.71
Russell 2000 Index 100.00 114.82 91.35 106.82 119.14 134.40
S&P US BMI Banks Industry Group Index $ 100.00 $ 135.97 $ 112.77 $ 123.02 $ 164.70 $ 211.47
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(1) Total return indices were provided from an independent source, S&P Global Market Intelligence, New York, New York, and assume initial investment of $100 on December 31, 2020, reinvestment of dividends, and changes in market values. Total return index numerical values used in this example are for illustrative purposes only.
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Item 6. Reserved.