Company Analysis

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (FCNCP)

Nasdaq: FCNCP · State Commercial Banks · Raleigh, NC · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.1
◀ Past 5.3● Present 6.4▶ Future 2.8

The grade of First Citizens BancShares, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past5.340% of the headline
● Present6.435% of the headline
▶ Future2.825% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-02-25.

weight 45% of this tense · 21st percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-06-11); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-02-25) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+31.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $988 million in fiscal 2016 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, up 31.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span31.7%top 3% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak4.7%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.8% a year. 60% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 9 sales, 62 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 60% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 9 sales and 62 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $14 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 1% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 90%: owes 90¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, First Citizens BancShares, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 90 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 9.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 22% of 155 in its family; net margin 18.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 2% by size; a net margin of 18.7% ranks in the bottom 39%; revenue growth of 51.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 1% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$11.78Btop 2% of its family
  • net margin18.7%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth51.1%top 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 48% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2008.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Holding, Frank B Jr (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2008-05-08, 18.5 years (top 9% of its family); most of the 8 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2022-01-03), a floor of 3.3 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 5%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record18.5 yearstop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

2.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
1.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 15% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 15th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $801 million against debt of $36 billion leaves -15.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 1% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.8% of revenue (bottom 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-15.2%bottom 1% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue18.8%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 51.1% a year over the last three filed years against 31.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew -4.7% (bottom 9%); capital spending grew 66.1% a year (top 6%) (its annual reports). First Citizens BancShares, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+19.4 points a yeartop 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-4.7%bottom 9% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending66.1%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
0.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 3% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 49.9% below the $23 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 1% of its family); net income of $2.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $5.1 billion (bottom 5%); a net margin of 18.7% against 55% before (bottom 3%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-49.9%bottom 1% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-57%bottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-36.3 pointsbottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton FCNCP · research, not advice