First Citizens BancShares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 10 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for First Citizens BancShares stock have an average target of 2,200, with a low estimate of 1,950 and a high estimate of 2,500. The average target predicts an increase of 15.88% from the current stock price of 1,898.15.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$1,950	$2,200	$2,150	$2,500
Change	+2.73%	+15.88%	+13.27%	+31.71%

* Price targets were last updated on Jan 29, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for First Citizens BancShares stock from 10 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	3	3	3	2	3	3
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10	10	10	9	10	10

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $2,000 → $2,100	Hold	Maintains	$2,000 → $2,100	+10.63%	Jan 29, 2026
Brian Foran Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $2,050 → $2,150	Hold	Maintains	$2,050 → $2,150	+13.27%	Jan 27, 2026
Steven Alexopoulos TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Strong Buy Maintains $2,600 → $2,500	Strong Buy	Maintains	$2,600 → $2,500	+31.71%	Jan 26, 2026
Benjamin Gerlinger Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $2,250 → $2,100	Hold	Maintains	$2,250 → $2,100	+10.63%	Jan 26, 2026
Jason Goldberg Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $2,456 → $2,346	Hold	Maintains	$2,456 → $2,346	+23.59%	Jan 26, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.65B

from 9.33B

3.43%

from 9.33B

Revenue Next Year

9.52B

from 9.65B

-1.32%

from 9.65B

EPS This Year

169.18

from 189.38

-10.67%

from 189.38

EPS Next Year

184.20

from 169.18

8.88%

from 169.18

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	1.81B	1.94B	4.00B	7.60B	9.33B	9.65B	9.52B
Revenue Growth	6.56%	7.08%	106.67%	90.15%	22.69%	3.43%	-1.32%
EPS	47.50	53.88	67.40	784.51	189.38	169.18	184.20
EPS Growth	15.71%	13.43%	25.09%	1,063.96%	-75.86%	-10.67%	8.88%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.22	10.31
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	18	17

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	10.0B	10.1B
Avg	9.6B	9.5B
Low	8.6B	8.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	7.1%	4.9%
Avg	3.4%	-1.3%
Low	-7.4%	-10.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	177.30	196.71
Avg	169.18	184.20
Low	156.85	168.56

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	-6.4%	16.3%
Avg	-10.7%	8.9%
Low	-17.2%	-0.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.