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First Citizens BancShares Inc has a consensus price target of $2054.47 based on the ratings of 18 analysts. The high is $2700 issued by UBS on December 17, 2024. The low is $1025 issued by DA Davidson on March 28, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler, and Truist Securities on March 18, 2025, March 11, 2025, and January 29, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $2278 between Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler, and Truist Securities, there's an implied 39.58% upside for First Citizens BancShares Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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03/18/2025 | Buy Now | 34.8% | Goldman Sachs | Ryan Nash65% | $2535 → $2200 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
03/11/2025 | Buy Now | 37.86% | Piper Sandler | Stephen Scouten69% | $2250 → $2250 | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert |
01/29/2025 | Buy Now | 46.07% | Truist Securities | Brian Foran36% | $2303 → $2384 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
01/27/2025 | Buy Now | 57.35% | Barclays | Jason Goldberg56% | $2456 → $2568 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
01/27/2025 | Buy Now | 37.86% | Piper Sandler | Stephen Scouten69% | $2100 → $2250 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
01/27/2025 | Buy Now | 59.31% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Christopher Mcgratty63% | $2500 → $2600 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
01/07/2025 | Buy Now | 59.31% | JP Morgan | Anthony Elian41% | $2550 → $2600 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
01/07/2025 | Buy Now | 41.11% | Truist Securities | Brian Foran36% | → $2303 | Initiates | → Hold | Get Alert |
01/06/2025 | Buy Now | 50.48% | Barclays | Jason Goldberg56% | $2250 → $2456 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
12/17/2024 | Buy Now | 65.44% | UBS | Nicholas Holowko25% | → $2700 | Assumes | → Buy | Get Alert |
12/09/2024 | Buy Now | 59.31% | Deutsche Bank | Bernard von-Gizycki21% | → $2600 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
12/04/2024 | Buy Now | 53.18% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Christopher Mcgratty63% | $2100 → $2500 | Downgrade | Outperform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
11/26/2024 | Buy Now | 60.84% | Goldman Sachs | Ryan Nash65% | $2025 → $2625 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
10/25/2024 | Buy Now | 40.93% | JP Morgan | Anthony Elian41% | $2550 → $2300 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
10/25/2024 | Buy Now | 22.54% | Wedbush | David Chiaverini65% | $2150 → $2000 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
09/24/2024 | Buy Now | 31.74% | Wedbush | David Chiaverini65% | $2450 → $2150 | Downgrade | Outperform → Neutral | Get Alert |
07/29/2024 | Buy Now | 37.86% | Barclays | Jason Goldberg56% | $1950 → $2250 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
07/26/2024 | Buy Now | 31.74% | Piper Sandler | Stephen Scouten69% | $1950 → $2150 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
07/26/2024 | Buy Now | 40.93% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Christopher Mcgratty63% | $2100 → $2300 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 19.48% | Piper Sandler | Stephen Scouten69% | $1850 → $1950 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert |
04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 19.48% | Barclays | — | $1850 → $1950 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 28.67% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Christopher Mcgratty63% | $1900 → $2100 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
04/15/2024 | Buy Now | 1.1% | DA Davidson | Manuel Navas34% | $1600 → $1650 | Assumes | → Neutral | Get Alert |
03/21/2024 | Buy Now | 19.48% | Goldman Sachs | Ryan Nash65% | → $1950 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
01/30/2024 | Buy Now | 7.47% | UBS | Brody Preston75% | $1644 → $1754 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
01/29/2024 | Buy Now | 10.29% | Wedbush | David Chiaverini65% | $1800 → $1800 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
11/28/2023 | Buy Now | — | Raymond James | David Long68% | — | Initiates | → Market Perform | Get Alert |
11/03/2023 | Buy Now | 10.29% | Wedbush | David Chiaverini65% | → $1800 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
10/05/2023 | Buy Now | 4.16% | Wedbush | David Chiaverini65% | → $1700 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
09/29/2023 | Buy Now | -6.87% | Citigroup | Keith Horowitz76% | → $1520 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
09/20/2023 | Buy Now | 13.35% | JP Morgan | Steven Alexopoulos69% | → $1850 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
08/07/2023 | Buy Now | 9.06% | UBS | Brody Preston75% | $1490 → $1780 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
06/28/2023 | Buy Now | 8.76% | Atlantic Equities | John Heagerty55% | → $1775 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
05/16/2023 | Buy Now | -9.93% | UBS | Brody Preston75% | $1206 → $1470 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
05/11/2023 | Buy Now | -8.09% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Brady Gailey77% | $950 → $1500 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
04/05/2023 | Buy Now | -26.11% | UBS | Brody Preston75% | $538 → $1206 | Upgrade | Sell → Buy | Get Alert |
03/28/2023 | Buy Now | -37.2% | DA Davidson | Kevin Fitzsimmons66% | $825 → $1025 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
10/06/2022 | Buy Now | -41.79% | DA Davidson | Kevin Fitzsimmons66% | $925 → $950 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
The latest price target for First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was reported by Goldman Sachs on March 18, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $2200.00 expecting FCNCA to rise to within 12 months (a possible 34.80% upside). 23 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was provided by Goldman Sachs, and First Citizens BancShares maintained their buy rating.
The last upgrade for First Citizens BancShares Inc happened on March 11, 2025 when Piper Sandler raised their price target to $2250. Piper Sandler previously had a neutral for First Citizens BancShares Inc.
The last downgrade for First Citizens BancShares Inc happened on December 4, 2024 when Keefe, Bruyette & Woods changed their price target from $2100 to $2500 for First Citizens BancShares Inc.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of First Citizens BancShares, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for First Citizens BancShares was filed on March 18, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around March 18, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) rating was a maintained with a price target of $2535.00 to $2200.00. The current price First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) is trading at is $1632.06, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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