earnings
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.75
First Bancorp Q1 net income falls to $25.3M ($0.61 EPS) from $29.7M Q4; NIM slides to 2.80%
FIRST BANCORP /NC/
2024-Q1 EPS reported
$0.61
- Diluted EPS $0.61 vs $0.72 linked quarter and $0.37 year ago; net income $25.3M.
- Tax-equivalent NIM declined to 2.80% from 3.31% YoY; net interest income $79.2M down 14.3% YoY.
- Loan yield rose 23 bps to 5.45%, but total cost of funds increased to 1.79% from 0.94% YoY.
- Nonperforming assets low at 0.39% of total assets; provision $1.2M vs $12.5M year ago.