First Bancorp /Nc/ (FBNC) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026)
First Bancorp's Times Interest Earned was 2.71 in Q2 2026, up 20.8% from 2.24 a year earlier and up 1.4% from the prior quarter.
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First Bancorp /Nc/ (FBNC) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, First Bancorp's Times Interest Earned was 2.09 through Jun 30, 2026, up 20.6% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 1.88, up 23.1% from FY2024.
- In earlier years, Times Interest Earned was 1.52 in FY2024 (-20.9%), 1.93 in FY2023 (-84.6%), 12.50 in FY2022 (-8.3%) and 13.63 in FY2021 (+117.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Times Interest Earned since Q4 2022.
- Compared with a year earlier, Times Interest Earned has increased for six straight quarters, with growth averaging 9.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned over five years was Q3 2021 (growth of 115.4%); the worst was Q1 2023 (a decline of 91.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, FBNC's Times Interest Earned in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 2.67 (Q1 2026), 1.45 (Q4 2025) and 1.62 (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.71 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.67 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.45 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.62 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.24 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.18 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.16 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.47 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.77 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.67 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.85 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.96 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.09 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.78 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.52 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.29 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.19 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 20.12 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.34 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.29 |
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First Bancorp /Nc/ Times Interest Earned API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=FBNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "ticker": "FBNC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=FBNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();