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Popular (BPOP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$93.89 -4.68 (-4.75%)
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About Popular Stock (NASDAQ:BPOP)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$94.40
$97.37
50-Day Range
$92.55
$106.31
52-Week Range
$80.60
$106.81
Volume
22,477 shs
Average Volume
452,441 shs
Market Capitalization
$6.69 billion
P/E Ratio
11.01
Dividend Yield
2.98%
Price Target
$112.25
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Popular, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various retail, mortgage, and commercial banking products and services in Puerto Rico, the United States, and the British Virgin Islands. The company provides savings, NOW, money market, and other interest-bearing demand accounts; non-interest bearing demand deposits; and certificates of deposit. It also offers commercial and industrial, commercial multi-family, commercial real estate, and residential mortgage loans; consumer loans, including personal loans, credit cards, automobile loans, home equity lines of credit, and other loans to individual borrowers; construction loans; and lease financing comprising automobile loans/leases. In addition, the company provides investment banking, auto and equipment leasing and financing, broker-dealer, and insurance services; debit cards; and online banking services. Popular, Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

Popular Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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100th Percentile Overall Score

BPOP MarketRank™: 

Popular scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 4th out of 952 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Popular has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Popular has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Popular's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Popular are expected to grow by 16.60% in the coming year, from $10.06 to $11.73 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Popular is 11.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.59.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Popular is 11.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.66.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Popular has a PEG Ratio of 0.75. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Popular has a P/B Ratio of 1.39. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Popular's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.15% of the float of Popular has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Popular has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Popular has recently decreased by 3.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Popular pays a meaningful dividend of 2.79%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Popular does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Popular is 32.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Popular will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.87% next year. This indicates that Popular will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Popular's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.15% of the float of Popular has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Popular has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Popular has recently decreased by 3.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Popular has a news sentiment score of 1.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Popular this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 1 people have searched for BPOP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Popular insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,024,872.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 2.09% of the stock of Popular is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    87.27% of the stock of Popular is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Popular's insider trading history.
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BPOP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Popular's stock was trading at $94.06 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, BPOP stock has increased by 4.8% and is now trading at $98.57.
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Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The bank reported $2.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.04 by $0.47. Popular had a net margin of 14.15% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.89%.

Popular's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (13.02%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.88%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.96%) and FMR LLC (4.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Carlos J Vazquez, C Kim Goodwin, Eli Sepulveda, Gilberto Monzon, Maria Luisa Ferre, Eduardo J Negron, Camille Burckhart, Manuel Chinea, Luis E Cestero, Beatriz Castellvi, Jorge J Garcia, Adorno Denissa Rodriguez and Alejandro M Sanchez.
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Shares of BPOP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Popular investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 1/2 Dividend
12/06/2024
Dividend Payable
1/02/2025
Last Earnings
1/28/2025
Today
3/04/2025
Ex-Dividend for 4/1 Dividend
3/18/2025
Dividend Payable
4/01/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/22/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
State commercial banks
Sub-Industry
Regional Banks
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:BPOP
Employees
9,237
Year Founded
1893

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$112.25
High Stock Price Target
$129.00
Low Stock Price Target
$100.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+13.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.75
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
11.52
Forward P/E Ratio
9.80
P/E Growth
0.75
Net Income
$612.80 million
Pretax Margin
15.59%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.80 billion
Cash Flow
$8.23 per share
Price / Cash Flow
11.98
Book Value
$71.03 per share
Price / Book
1.39

Miscellaneous

Free Float
69,816,000
Market Cap
$7.03 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.82

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This page (NASDAQ:BPOP) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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