FIRSTHOLDCO - First HoldCo Plc
First HoldCo Plc is the non-operating holding company of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a commercial bank with operations in 10 countries. As a diversified and one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in Africa, FBN offers a broad range of products and services including commercial banking, merchant banking, asset management, and insurance. The merchant banking and asset management business of the group comprises FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited, FBNQuest Capital Limited, FBNQuest Trustees Limited, FBNQuest Capital Asset Management Limited, FBNQuest Funds Limited, and FBNQuest Securities Limited.
First HoldCo operates through three major segments, namely, Commercial Banking, Merchant Banking and Asset Management, and Insurance. The Commercial Banking segment covers both individual and corporate clients and customers with financial intermediation services. The Merchant Banking and Asset Management segment offers advisory, asset management, markets, and private equity services to institutional, corporate, and governmental clients. The Insurance segment includes the group's legacy insurance brokerage business and the more recent full underwriting business. FirstBank was founded by Alfred Lewis Jones on March 31, 1894.
First HoldCo Plc is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) since November 26th, 2012. First HoldCo is traded on the NGX under the ticker symbol “FIRSTHOLDCO”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NGX:FIRSTHOLDCO is NGFBNH000009. First HoldCo Plc is currently the 14th most valuable stock on the NGX with a market capitalization of NGN 2.5 trillion, which is about 2% of the Nigerian Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 56.00 |
| Day’s High Price | 57.00 |
| Traded Volume | 15.8M |
| Number of Deals | 1,046 |
| Gross Turnover | 889M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | |
| Price/Earning Ratio | |
| Dividend Per Share | |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Shares Outstanding | 44.5B |
| Market Capitalization | 2.5T |
FIRSTHOLDCO Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9% | +19.5% | +81.3% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +72.9% | +78.1% | +17.3% |
The current share price of First HoldCo Plc (FIRSTHOLDCO) is NGN 56.20. FIRSTHOLDCO closed its last trading day (Tuesday, February 24, 2026) at 56.20 NGN per share on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX), recording a 0.4% gain over its previous closing price of 56.00 NGN. First HoldCo began the year with a share price of 47.90 NGN and has since gained 17.3% on that price valuation, ranking it 77th on the NGX in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about FIRSTHOLDCO knowing the stock has accrued 19% over the past four-week period—47th best on NGX.
First HoldCo is the seventh most traded stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange over the past three months (Nov 25, 2025 - Feb 24, 2026). FIRSTHOLDCO has traded a total volume of 1.68 billion shares—in 43,027 deals—valued at NGN 71.6 billion over the period, averaging a volume of 26.7 million shares (valued at NGN 1.14 billion) per session. A volume high of 386 million was achieved on December 18th, and a low of 2.41 million on January 23rd, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of First HoldCo on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | 15,803,108 | 56.20 | +0.20 | +0.36% |
| 2026-02-23 | 10,006,458 | 56.00 | +2.00 | +3.70% |
| 2026-02-20 | 10,879,377 | 54.00 | +2.00 | +3.85% |
| 2026-02-19 | 12,560,564 | 52.00 | +3.25 | +6.67% |
| 2026-02-18 | 5,466,550 | 48.75 | +0.25 | +0.52% |
| 2026-02-17 | 54,323,003 | 48.50 | +0.20 | +0.41% |
| 2026-02-16 | 8,106,193 | 48.30 | +0.15 | +0.31% |
| 2026-02-13 | 106,340,424 | 48.15 | +0.15 | +0.31% |
| 2026-02-12 | 4,405,747 | 48.00 | ||
| 2026-02-11 | 22,988,026 | 48.00 |
Profile of First HoldCo Plc
First HoldCo Plc was founded on October 14, 2010 and operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Banking industry. First HoldCo contracts an estimated total number of 9,016 employees.
Factsheet of First HoldCo Plc
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Banking
- Address
- Samuel Asabia House, 35 Marina Lagos, 5216, Nigeria
- Telephone
- +234-1-905-2326
FIRSTHOLDCO Industrial Market Competitors
First HoldCo Plc, issuers of the FIRSTHOLDCO stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector and/or Banking industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZENITHBANK | Zenith Bank Plc | 3.82T | 93.00 | +50.5% |
| GTCO | Guaranty Trust Holding | 4.39T | 120.00 | +32.3% |
| ACCESSCORP | Access Holdings Plc | 1.44T | 27.00 | +28.6% |
| UBA | United Bank for Africa | 2.22T | 50.20 | +20.5% |
| ETI | Ecobank Transnational Inc | 1.14T | 48.00 | +14.6% |
| FIDELITYBK | Fidelity Bank Plc | 1.03T | 20.50 | +7.89% |
| FTGINSURE | Fortis Global Insurance | 9.3B | 0.72 | +260% |
| DEAPCAP | Deap Capital Management & Trust | 9.53B | 6.35 | +234% |
| JAIZBANK | Jaiz Bank Plc | 569B | 12.76 | +180% |
| INFINITY | Infinity Trust Mortgage Bank | 79.2B | 19.00 | +171% |
