First Citizens Bancshares Inc /De/ (FCNCA) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
First Citizens Bancshares (FCNCA) posted Operating Expenses of $1.55 billion for Q2 2026, up 3.4% from $1.5 billion a year earlier and up 1.0% from the prior quarter.
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First Citizens Bancshares Inc /De/ (FCNCA) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at First Citizens Bancshares was $6.15 billion, up 3.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $6.06 billion, up 5.6% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Expenses has increased for nine consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, First Citizens Bancshares' Operating Expenses was $5.74 billion in FY2024 (+7.5%), $5.34 billion in FY2023 (+73.5%), $3.08 billion in FY2022 (+149.2%) and $1.23 billion in FY2021 (+3.8%).
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $314 million in Q3 2021 to a high of $1.57 billion in Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 4.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q1 2022, with growth of 172.7%; the weakest was Q2 2024, with a decline of 11.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $1.54 billion (Q1 2026), $1.57 billion (Q4 2025) and $1.49 billion (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.55 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.54 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.57 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.49 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.50 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.49 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.52 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.46 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.39 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.38 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.49 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.42 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.57 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 855.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 760.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 760.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 745.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 810.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 323.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 314.00 Mn |
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First Citizens Bancshares Inc /De/ Operating Expenses API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=FCNCA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "FCNCA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=FCNCA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();