First Bancorp (FBNC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $44.45 +0.05 (+0.11%) (As of 11:57 AM ET) 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 802,800 shares. This marks a 1.41% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.5, indicating that it would take 4.5 days of the average trading volume of 167,188 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest802,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest791,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+1.41%Dollar Volume Sold Short$38.18 millionShort Interest Ratio4.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 15, 2024Outstanding Shares41,342,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.94%Today's Trading Volume18,278 sharesAverage Trading Volume167,188 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average11% 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 Ad Porter & CompanyKamala’s final humiliation The investments connected to Trump's second term in ways that almost nobody outside his inner circle is aware of… yet have the potential to deliver colossal returns over the next four years. I’m not talking about Tesla, Palantir, or anything else you’ve heard parroted by the mainstream financial press. No. These are Trump’s Secret Stocks. It’s all waiting for you here. 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 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 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. 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 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 $30.10 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 Elon Spotted at Weird Facility in Memphis? 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Go here to see what Elon is planning. 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 $42.95 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 Elon Spotted at Weird Facility in Memphis? 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Go here to see what Elon is planning. 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 1/15/2020276,000 shares $10.28 million -5.1%1.0%3.4 $37.25 12/31/2019290,700 shares $10.60 million -18.3%1.0%3.9 $36.48 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 December 15th, investors have sold 802,800 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 4.0. Learn More on First Bancorp's short interest ratio. Is First Bancorp's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 802,800 shares, an increase of 1.4% from the previous total of 791,600 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: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (2.02%), Synovus Financial Corp. (2.09%), BOK Financial Co. (1.15%), Old National Bancorp (10.75%), Popular, Inc. (1.55%), Columbia Banking System, Inc. (1.97%), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (2.06%), UMB Financial Co. (6.60%), F.N.B. Co. (1.76%), First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (5.80%), 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. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.32 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.06 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.45 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.79 billion), International Paper ($2.70 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.21 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.13 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.05 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 up $0.05 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 December, 15 2024. 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