First Bancorp Inc (ME) Common Stock (FNLC)

Slow Grower

FairStock Score: 74/100 — STEADY

Key Financials

Current Price$36.36
Market Cap$410M
P/E Ratio10.39
ROE14%
Dividend Yield4.18%
SectorFinancial Services

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

First Bancorp is a small regional bank holding company—278 employees, deposits, and commercial loans—so its edge, if any, comes from local relationships and disciplined underwriting, not from a wide moat. The shares closed at $33.57 on 2026-10-13, and FairStock calculates a P/E of 9.96 and P/B of 1.29, with a 4.54% dividend yield and a low beta of 0.48. That is a reasonable price for a bank earning a FairStock ROE of 13.54%, though not a deep bargain. The latest filed quarter, fiscal Q2 2026 ended 2026-06-30, showed net income of $9.6M and diluted EPS of $0.85; fiscal Q1 2026 was $9.0M and $0.80. FY2025 net income was $34.4M, or $3.07 per diluted share, up from $27.0M and $2.43 in FY2024, though FY2023 was $29.5M and $2.66, so the record is uneven. FairStock's Lynch category is slow grower, based on 4.9% annual profit growth over five years, which makes me discount the recent profit surge. The Piotroski F-score of 3/9 also warns that recent fundamental momentum is weak. For a bank, I would want to see CET1, net interest margin, charge-offs, reserves, and loan concentrations, but none are in the data. At 1.29 times book, the market already credits some of the 13.54% ROE. I see a decent, somewhat cheap small bank, but the opacity around credit and the uneven long-term growth keep me cautious.

In plain English: First Bancorp is a small Maine bank holding company that takes deposits and makes loans to local people and businesses. It earns a solid return on shareholder money and pays a healthy dividend, but its long-term profit growth has been slow and recent quality signals are mixed. The stock price looks reasonable rather than clearly cheap compared with its profits and book value.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q4 2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-K (period ended 2025-09-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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