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The First Bancorp, Inc. (FNLC)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Damariscotta, United States | NasdaqGS
29.42 USD +0.75 (2.616%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 29.42

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:03 p.m. EDT

FNLC is a regional bank with a solid dividend yield and consistent payout history, making it a strong candidate for dividend-focused investors. The recent price movement shows some momentum, but the short-term forecast suggests modest gains. The options data indicates mixed signals, with bullish and bearish positioning, suggesting caution. Long-term, the fundamentals and dividend stability make it a compelling buy-and-hold opportunity.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.027717
MSTL0.045403
AutoETS0.049056
AutoARIMA0.049521

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.26
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.398
Excess Kurtosis -0.70
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-06
Last Dividend Date 2026-04-06
Revenue per Share 8.375
Market Cap 331,572,800
Trailing P/E 9.58
Beta 0.51
Profit Margins 37.04%
Website https://www.thefirst.com

As of April 11, 2026, 3:03 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates mixed signals. For calls, there is a notable increase in OTM and ITM positioning for the June 18 expiration, with significant strikes at 30.0 and 35.0, suggesting some bullish sentiment. However, puts show heavy OTM positioning, especially for the June 18 expiration, with significant strikes at 15.0 and 20.0, indicating potential bearish sentiment or hedging. The overall options data suggests a cautious outlook with some potential for upward movement, but also significant downside risk.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.29% 5.65% 6.12% 5.90%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-07 0.370000 1.287404
2026-01-06 0.370000 1.406468
2025-10-06 0.370000 1.496944
2025-07-08 0.370000 1.459436
2025-04-08 0.360000 1.637246
2025-01-06 0.360000 1.460164
2024-10-08 0.360000 1.529586
2024-07-09 0.360000 1.669121
2024-04-08 0.350000 1.653743
2024-01-05 0.350000 1.419173
2023-10-06 0.350000 1.674832
2023-07-07 0.350000 1.651111
2023-04-06 0.340000 1.598025
2023-01-06 0.340000 1.372551
2022-10-04 0.340000 1.428340
2022-07-08 0.340000 1.388394
2022-04-08 0.320000 1.356743
2022-01-07 0.320000 1.201637
2021-10-08 0.320000 1.364138
2021-07-07 0.320000 1.432926
2021-04-05 0.310000 1.368934
2021-01-05 0.310000 1.605090
2020-10-05 0.310000 1.874555
2020-07-06 0.310000 1.974552
2020-04-08 0.300000 1.751708
2020-01-06 0.300000 1.369716
2019-10-04 0.300000 1.531730
2019-07-09 0.300000 1.613763
2019-04-09 0.290000 1.591287
2019-01-09 0.290000 1.562059
2018-10-05 0.290000 1.443242
2018-07-06 0.290000 1.410963
2018-04-04 0.240000 1.288030
2018-01-05 0.240000 1.310276
2017-10-12 0.240000 1.186609
2017-07-06 0.240000 1.360270
2017-04-04 0.230000 1.319054
2017-01-04 0.350000 1.714412
2016-10-03 0.230000 1.550685
2016-07-01 0.230000 1.711321
2016-04-04 0.220000 1.814842
2016-01-05 0.220000 1.786333
2015-10-01 0.220000 1.911023
2015-07-01 0.220000 1.883335
2015-04-01 0.210000 2.012829
2014-12-29 0.210000 1.963220
2014-10-02 0.210000 2.152187
2014-07-02 0.210000 2.093232
2014-04-02 0.200000 2.147926
2014-01-02 0.200000 2.084768
2013-10-03 0.195000 2.119583
2013-07-03 0.195000 2.010928
2013-04-03 0.195000 2.091422
2013-01-03 0.195000 2.091575
2012-10-03 0.195000 2.098061
2012-07-03 0.195000 2.183692
2012-04-03 0.195000 2.469002
2012-01-04 0.195000 2.409073
2011-10-03 0.195000 3.252217
2011-07-01 0.195000 2.655263
2011-04-04 0.195000 2.580216
2011-01-04 0.195000 2.573273
2010-10-04 0.195000 2.984051
2010-07-01 0.195000 3.227861
2010-03-31 0.195000 2.624917
2010-01-05 0.195000 2.832714
2009-10-01 0.195000 2.346033
2009-07-01 0.195000 2.166993
2009-04-02 0.195000 2.501618
2008-12-31 0.195000 2.226275
2008-10-02 0.195000 2.055241
2008-07-02 0.190000 3.336936
2008-04-03 0.185000 2.813864
2008-01-03 0.180000 2.926398
2007-10-04 0.175000 2.744571
2007-07-05 0.170000 2.484990
2007-04-04 0.165000 2.545221
2007-01-04 0.160000 2.374828
2006-10-04 0.155000 2.287457
2006-07-05 0.150000 2.234878
2006-04-05 0.145000 2.091086
2006-01-05 0.140000 2.085313
2005-10-05 0.135000 1.798262
2005-07-06 0.130000 1.954359
2005-04-06 0.125000 1.882477
2005-01-05 0.120000 1.820292
2004-10-06 0.115000 1.627552
2004-07-07 0.110000 1.545811
2004-04-06 0.103333 1.789967
2004-01-07 0.100000 1.684173
2003-10-07 0.096667 1.844809
2003-07-03 0.093333 1.967489
2003-04-03 0.090000 2.136678
2003-01-02 0.086667 2.274888
2002-10-03 0.083333 2.454919
2002-07-02 0.080000 2.316786
2002-04-10 0.076667 2.358237
2002-01-03 0.073333 2.882120
2001-10-03 0.070000 3.070559
2001-07-03 0.066667 3.255397
2001-03-29 0.063333 3.721029
2000-12-28 0.060000 3.554386
2000-10-03 0.056667 3.467139
2000-06-28 0.053333 3.285070
2000-04-03 0.050000 3.219290
1999-12-29 0.046667 2.709908
1999-09-28 0.043333 2.208211
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.48
dividendYield 5.03
exDividendDate 2026-04-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.47
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.051273108
lastDividendValue 0.37
lastDividendDate 2026-04-07
dividendDate 2026-04-17

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.21896255
Address1 223 Main Street
All Time High 36.8
All Time Low 4.416667
Ask 30.23
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Daily Volume10 Day 23,580
Average Daily Volume3 Month 20,162
Average Volume 20,162
Average Volume10Days 23,580
Beta 0.511
Bid 28.66
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 7
Book Value 25.23
City Damariscotta
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 29.42
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 29.9
Day Low 28.645
Display Name The First Bancorp
Dividend Date 1,776,384,000
Dividend Rate 1.48
Dividend Yield 5.03
Earnings Growth 0.411
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.397
Earnings Timestamp 1,776,888,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,776,888,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,776,888,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 5.263
Enterprise Value 488,723,776
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.07
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,775,520,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 28.3802
Fifty Day Average Change 1.0398006
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03663824
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 21.896255
Fifty Two Week High 30.33
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.90999985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.030003292
Fifty Two Week Low 23.05
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.370001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2763558
Fifty Two Week Range 23.05 - 30.33
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 931,959,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 5.06
Float Shares 10,670,175
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 278
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 92,867,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04923
Held Percent Institutions 0.5232
Implied Shares Outstanding 11,270,319
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,775,520,000
Last Dividend Value 0.37
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,086,134,400
Last Split Factor 3:1
Long Business Summary The First Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for First National Bank that provides a range of banking products and services to individual and corporate customers. It accepts various deposit products, including demand, NOW, time, savings, money market, and certificates of deposit accounts. The company also provides commercial loans, such as mortgage loans to finance investments in real property, which includes retail spaces, offices, industrial buildings, hotels, educational facilities, and other specific or mixed use properties; commercial real estate non-owner occupied loans; commercial construction to finance construction in a mix of owner- and nonowner occupied commercial real estate properties; and commercial and industrial loans, including revolving and term loans for financing working capital and/or capital investment. In addition, it offers commercial multifamily loans; residential real estate term and construction loans; loans to municipalities in Maine for capitalized expenditures, construction projects, or tax anticipation notes; home equity revolving and term loans; and personal lines of credit and amortizing loans for various purposes, such as autos, recreational vehicles, debt consolidation, personal expenses, or overdraft protection. Further, the company offers private banking, financial planning, investment management, and trust services to individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations, and municipalities, as well as brokerage, annuity, and various insurance products. It operates through full-service banking offices in Lincoln, Knox, Waldo, Penobscot, Hancock, and Washington counties in the Mid-Coast, Eastern, and Down East regions of Maine. The company was formerly known as First National Lincoln Corporation and changed its name to The First Bancorp, Inc. in April 2008. The First Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1864 and is based in Damariscotta, Maine.
Long Name The First Bancorp, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 331,572,800
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_405561
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 34,394,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 331,572,784
Open 29.03
Operating Cashflow 37,814,000
Operating Margins 0.51136
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.59610003
Phone 207 563 3195
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 29.42
Post Market Time 1,776,456,605
Previous Close 28.67
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.1660721
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.570405
Profit Margins 0.37036
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.75
Regular Market Change Percent 2.61597
Regular Market Day High 29.9
Regular Market Day Low 28.645
Regular Market Day Range 28.645 - 29.9
Regular Market Open 29.03
Regular Market Previous Close 28.67
Regular Market Price 29.42
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 26,506
Return On Assets 0.010880001
Return On Equity 0.12842
Revenue Growth 0.228
Revenue Per Share 8.375
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 11,270,319
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0070999996
Shares Short 80,570
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 58,906
Short Name First Bancorp, Inc (ME)
Short Percent Of Float 0.0076
Short Ratio 4.03
Source Interval 15
State ME
Symbol FNLC
Total Cash 36,365,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.227
Total Debt 193,516,000
Total Revenue 92,867,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.47
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.051273108
Trailing Eps 3.07
Trailing P E 9.583062
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.7439
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.6760998
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.10006393
Type Disp Equity
Volume 26,506
Website https://www.thefirst.com
Zip 4,543