First Bancorp NC had its Relative Strength (RS) Rating upgraded from 78 to 82 Monday.
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IBD's unique rating measures market leadership with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The score shows how a stock's price movement over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database.
Decades of market research reveals that the market's biggest winners tend to have an RS Rating of above 80 in the early stages of their moves.
First Bancorp NC is working on a cup without handle with a 50.34 buy point. See if it can clear the breakout price in volume at least 40% higher than normal.
Earnings growth slowed in the most recent quarter from 38% to 24%. But revenue gains moved higher, from 15% to 16%.
First Bancorp NC earns the No. 4 rank among its peers in the Banks-Southeast industry group. Southern First Bancshares is the No. 1-ranked stock within the group.
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