secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST BANCORP /NC/ (FBNC)
CIK:        0000811589
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000811589-25-000035
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Bancorp Q2 EPS $0.93 beats prior; NIM expands; dividend raised to $0.23
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- Net income $38.6M ($0.93 diluted EPS) vs $36.4M ($0.88) linked and $28.7M ($0.70) YoY.
- NIM expanded to 3.32% from 3.25% linked and 2.84% YoY; net interest income $96.7M (+4.1% linked).
- Loans grew $122.6M (6.07% annualized) to $8.225B; core deposits up $140.4M.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.23/share effective June 30, 2025.
- Hurricane Helene reserve reduced $3.5M ($0.06/share benefit); NCOs 0.06% annualized.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158925000035/0000811589-25-000035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158925000035/fbnc-20250723.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000811589-25-000035

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