First Bancorp (FBNC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $43.58 -0.36 (-0.82%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$43.58 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:01 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends First Bancorp Short Interest DataFirst Bancorp (FBNC) has a short interest of 918,500 shares. This marks a -7.96% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.0, indicating that it would take 5.0 days of the average trading volume of 170,020 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest918,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest997,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-7.96%Dollar Volume Sold Short$40.16 millionShort Interest Ratio5.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 15, 2025Outstanding Shares41,340,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted2.22%Today's Trading Volume194,080 sharesAverage Trading Volume170,020 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average114% Short Selling First Bancorp? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Bancorp and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFBNC Short Interest Over TimeFBNC Days to Cover Over TimeFBNC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Bancorp Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/15/2025918,500 shares $40.16 million -8.0%N/A5 $43.72 12/31/2024997,900 shares $43.88 million +24.3%N/A5.6 $43.97 12/15/2024802,800 shares $38.18 million +1.4%N/A4.5 $47.56 11/30/2024791,600 shares $37.44 million +7.1%N/A4.4 $47.30 11/15/2024739,100 shares $33.81 million +2.5%N/A4.2 $45.75 10/31/2024721,200 shares $30.07 million -19.6%N/A4.3 $41.70 10/15/2024896,800 shares $39.31 million -8.0%N/A5 $43.83 9/30/2024974,800 shares $40.54 million -8.0%N/A5 $41.59 9/15/20241,060,000 shares $44.98 million +6.8%N/A5.2 $42.43 8/31/2024992,700 shares $42.17 million -1.7%N/A5.1 $42.48 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FBNC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Bancorp and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/15/20241,010,000 shares $40.35 million +1.7%N/A5.3 $39.95 7/31/2024993,400 shares $41.52 million -14.4%N/A5.3 $41.80 7/15/20241,160,000 shares $41.77 million -0.9%N/A7 $36.01 6/30/20241,170,000 shares $37.35 million +0.9%N/A7.8 $31.92 6/15/20241,160,000 shares $34.82 million +1.8%N/A8.2 $30.02 5/31/20241,140,000 shares $35.97 million -1.7%N/A8.4 $31.55 5/15/20241,160,000 shares $36.90 million No ChangeN/A8.9 $31.81 4/30/20241,160,000 shares $35.28 million +4.5%N/A8.6 $30.41 4/15/20241,110,000 shares $35.30 million +2.8%N/A8.1 $31.80 3/31/20241,080,000 shares $39.01 million +0.9%N/A7.8 $36.12 3/15/20241,070,000 shares $36.44 million +0.9%N/A7.6 $34.06 2/29/20241,060,000 shares $36.17 million +2.9%N/A6.5 $34.12 2/15/20241,030,000 shares $37.03 million +7.4%N/A6.1 $35.95 1/31/2024959,300 shares $33.15 million +0.4%N/A5.7 $34.56 1/15/2024955,700 shares $33.10 million -15.4%N/A5.9 $34.63 12/31/20231,130,000 shares $41.82 million +2.7%N/A7.2 $37.01 12/15/20231,100,000 shares $41.24 million +21.8%N/A6.5 $37.49 11/30/2023903,100 shares $28.30 million -2.0%N/A5.7 $31.34 11/15/2023921,500 shares $30.30 million -4.2%N/A6 $32.88 10/31/2023961,500 shares $27.90 million -9.3%N/A6.1 $29.02 10/15/20231,060,000 shares $28.94 million -5.4%N/A6.7 $27.30 9/30/20231,120,000 shares $31.52 million +0.9%N/A7 $28.14 9/15/20231,110,000 shares $31.81 million +2.8%N/A7.3 $28.66 8/31/20231,080,000 shares $32.01 million -15.6%N/A6.9 $29.64 8/15/20231,280,000 shares $39.28 million +2.4%N/A7.7 $30.69 7/31/20231,250,000 shares $41.35 million -1.6%N/A7.3 $33.08 7/15/20231,270,000 shares $40.28 million -4.5%N/A6.7 $31.72 6/30/20231,330,000 shares $39.57 million +15.7%N/A6.9 $29.75 6/15/20231,150,000 shares $39.03 million -5.0%N/A5.7 $33.94 5/31/20231,210,000 shares $36.42 million -10.4%N/A4.8 $30.10Grab This Altcoin Before Trump's Crypto Announcement (Ad)The #1 Coin Poised to Soar Under Trump Pro-Crypto White House could make this the investment opportunity of a lifetime! Click HERE to access this free report before it's too late 5/15/20231,350,000 shares $37.88 million -2.9%N/A5.1 $28.06 4/30/20231,390,000 shares $42.78 million +6.9%N/A5.3 $30.78 4/15/20231,300,000 shares $43.30 million -9.7%N/A5.1 $33.31 3/31/20231,440,000 shares $51.15 million +81.0%N/A5.8 $35.52 3/15/2023795,600 shares $28.71 million +35.2%N/A3.4 $36.08 2/28/2023588,700 shares $24.43 million -5.1%N/A3.4 $41.49 2/15/2023620,300 shares $26.26 million -8.1%N/A4.1 $42.34 1/31/2023675,200 shares $26.91 million +2.2%N/A4.5 $39.85 1/15/2023660,900 shares $28.04 million -28.3%N/A4.8 $42.42 12/30/2022921,400 shares $39.47 million -1.4%N/A6.8 $42.84 12/15/2022934,700 shares $39.03 million +3.5%N/A6.6 $41.76 11/30/2022903,000 shares $43.91 million -4.8%N/A6.2 $48.63 11/15/2022948,000 shares $43.86 million -0.2%N/A6.5 $46.27 10/31/2022950,200 shares $42.35 million -9.5%N/A6.5 $44.57 10/15/20221,050,000 shares $42.89 million -2.8%N/A7.2 $40.85 9/30/20221,080,000 shares $39.51 million +11.2%N/A7.4 $36.58 9/15/2022970,900 shares $36.30 million -1.2%N/A6.6 $37.39 8/31/2022982,200 shares $35.76 million -1.1%N/A6.9 $36.41 8/15/2022993,000 shares $38.04 million -11.3%N/A7.1 $38.31 7/31/20221,120,000 shares $42.43 million +15.4%N/A8 $37.88 7/15/2022970,200 shares $33.56 million +6.9%N/A6.7 $34.59 6/30/2022907,300 shares $31.66 million +9.5%N/A5.6 $34.90 6/15/2022828,400 shares $29.19 million -4.5%N/A4.9 $35.24 5/31/2022867,100 shares $32.49 million +5.8%N/A5.3 $37.47 5/15/2022819,400 shares $29.71 million -0.7%N/A4.8 $36.26 4/30/2022825,200 shares $30.91 million +0.8%N/A4.7 $37.46 4/15/2022818,800 shares $31.72 million -20.5%N/A4.7 $38.74 3/31/20221,030,000 shares $43.02 million -6.4%N/A6.3 $41.77 3/15/20221,100,000 shares $48.14 million +14.1%N/A7.5 $43.76 2/28/2022963,900 shares $43.26 million -14.7%N/A5.8 $44.88 2/15/20221,130,000 shares $51.37 million +31.0%N/A6.6 $45.46 1/31/2022862,400 shares $37.87 million -13.7%N/A4.9 $43.91 1/15/2022999,700 shares $48.59 million +9.6%N/A5.3 $48.60 12/31/2021912,200 shares $41.71 million +0.7%N/A3.5 $45.72 12/15/2021906,300 shares $39.86 million +15.8%N/A3.4 $43.98 11/30/2021782,500 shares $34.77 million -12.1%N/A3.3 $44.44 11/15/2021890,500 shares $44.64 million -27.6%N/A3.9 $50.13 10/29/20211,230,000 shares $59.56 million -31.7%N/A5.8 $48.42 10/15/20211,800,000 shares $82.58 million +11.1%N/A9.3 $45.88 9/30/20211,620,000 shares $69.68 million -9.5%5.8%13.4 $43.01 9/15/20211,790,000 shares $70.90 million -2.7%6.4%14.8 $39.61 8/31/20211,840,000 shares $76.84 million +2.2%6.6%13.5 $41.76 8/13/20211,800,000 shares $76.27 million +1.1%6.5%11.7 $42.37 7/30/20211,780,000 shares $71.20 million No Change6.4%11.5 $40.00 7/15/20211,780,000 shares $71.32 million +0.6%6.4%12 $40.07 6/30/20211,770,000 shares $72.41 million +22.1%6.4%12.5 $40.91 6/15/20211,450,000 shares $60.97 million +45.7%5.2%11.7 $42.05 5/28/2021995,300 shares $44.16 million -0.5%3.6%9.4 $44.37 5/14/20211,000,000 shares $44.56 million +4.7%3.6%10.3 $44.56 4/30/2021954,800 shares $41.01 million -1.4%3.4%9.2 $42.95Grab This Altcoin Before Trump's Crypto Announcement (Ad)The #1 Coin Poised to Soar Under Trump Pro-Crypto White House could make this the investment opportunity of a lifetime! Click HERE to access this free report before it's too late 4/15/2021968,700 shares $41.57 million -1.4%3.5%8.9 $42.91 3/31/2021982,600 shares $43.34 million -0.7%3.5%8.5 $44.11 3/15/2021989,900 shares $47.58 million +8.3%3.6%7.5 $48.07 2/26/2021914,400 shares $37.43 million +1.7%3.3%6.6 $40.93 2/12/2021899,400 shares $33.68 million -12.7%3.2%6.1 $37.45 1/29/20211,030,000 shares $36.06 million +1.0%3.7%3.5 $35.01 1/15/20211,020,000 shares $37.80 million -20.3%3.7%3.4 $37.06 12/31/20201,280,000 shares $43.01 million -5.9%4.6%4.3 $33.60 12/15/20201,360,000 shares $45.42 million -4.9%4.9%4.6 $33.40 11/30/20201,430,000 shares $47.15 million +138.4%5.1%4.7 $32.97 11/15/2020599,900 shares $18.89 million +36.1%2.2%2.1 $31.49 10/30/2020440,900 shares $10.55 million +5.3%1.6%2.5 $23.93 10/15/2020418,600 shares $9.21 million -23.8%1.5%2.7 $21.99 9/30/2020549,300 shares $11.50 million +37.1%1.9%3.5 $20.93 9/15/2020400,600 shares $8.37 million +3.1%1.4%2.5 $20.90 8/31/2020388,500 shares $7.94 million -19.9%1.4%2.7 $20.45 8/14/2020484,800 shares $10.70 million -6.8%1.7%3.4 $22.08 7/31/2020520,400 shares $10.75 million -10.2%1.8%3.7 $20.66 7/15/2020579,600 shares $12.70 million +3.7%2.0%5.3 $21.92 6/30/2020558,800 shares $13.60 million +28.9%2.0%5.1 $24.34 6/15/2020433,500 shares $10.84 million -2.8%1.5%3.8 $25.00 5/29/2020445,900 shares $11.33 million +16.9%1.6%3.7 $25.42 5/15/2020381,400 shares $7.83 million -2.6%1.3%3.2 $20.52 4/30/2020391,700 shares $10.42 million +12.5%1.4%3.4 $26.59 4/15/2020348,300 shares $7.67 million +4.8%1.2%2.9 $22.03 3/31/2020332,300 shares $7.67 million -19.2%1.2%2.8 $23.09 3/13/2020411,300 shares $10.70 million +14.1%1.4%4.1 $26.01 2/28/2020360,400 shares $7.42 million +0.9%1.3%4.2 $20.59 2/14/2020357,100 shares $9.78 million +8.0%1.2%4.3 $27.38 1/31/2020330,800 shares $11.36 million +19.9%1.1%4 $34.35 FBNC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Bancorp's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 15th, investors have sold 918,500 shares of FBNC short. Learn More on First Bancorp's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for First Bancorp? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. FBNC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on First Bancorp's short interest ratio. Is First Bancorp's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Bancorp saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 918,500 shares, a decline of 8.0% from the previous total of 997,900 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does First Bancorp's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "regional banks" compare to First Bancorp: BOK Financial Co. (1.42%), Popular, Inc. (1.39%), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (2.49%), Columbia Banking System, Inc. (2.20%), UMB Financial Co. (7.97%), F.N.B. Co. (2.08%), First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (5.43%), United Bankshares, Inc. (2.10%), International Bancshares Co. (1.24%), BancFirst Co. (2.83%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($4.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.91 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.16 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.75 billion), International Paper ($2.57 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.06 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.63 billion), and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Bancorp stock? Short selling FBNC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Bancorp as its price is falling. FBNC shares are trading down $0.36 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against First Bancorp? A short squeeze for First Bancorp occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of FBNC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Bancorp's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including FBNC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies BOK Financial Short Interest Popular Short Interest Home Bancshares, Inc. 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