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First Bancorp (FBNC) short interest & options flow

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First Bancorp enters Thursday's Q3 print with short sellers adding exposure at the same time the CEO was selling stock, a rare alignment of bearish signals for a mid-cap regional bank that had been one of 2025's better performers in its peer group. Short interest has climbed 2.2% over the past week to 5.19% of free float, roughly 2.15 million shares. That weekly build follows a…

$66.00+2.87% 1d+4.17% 1w+5.89% 1mClose: 4 Nov 2026
Cost to borrow
Low and dropping
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Market cap
$2.73B
Next earnings
21 Jan 2027
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ORTEX chart of First Bancorp (FBNC) share price and short interest (% of free float), six months to November 4, 2026

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