Popular (BPOP) Competitors $96.62 +1.59 (+1.67%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends BPOP vs. GBCI, PB, FFIN, SSB, UBSI, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, and FHNShould you be buying Popular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Popular include Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), SouthState (SSB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), and First Horizon (FHN). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry. Popular vs. Glacier Bancorp Prosperity Bancshares First Financial Bankshares SouthState United Bankshares Huntington Bancshares Regions Financial KeyCorp East West Bancorp First Horizon Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) and Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk. Do institutionals and insiders believe in BPOP or GBCI? 87.3% of Popular shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Popular shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is BPOP or GBCI a better dividend stock? Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Popular pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glacier Bancorp pays out 81.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Popular is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts recommend BPOP or GBCI? Popular currently has a consensus target price of $104.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.54%. Glacier Bancorp has a consensus target price of $46.20, indicating a potential downside of 17.26%. Given Popular's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Popular is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Popular 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75Glacier Bancorp 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BPOP or GBCI? Popular received 195 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.42% of users gave Popular an outperform vote while only 49.43% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPopularOutperform Votes45665.42% Underperform Votes24134.58% Glacier BancorpOutperform Votes26149.43% Underperform Votes26750.57% Is BPOP or GBCI more profitable? Glacier Bancorp has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Popular's net margin of 12.36%. Popular's return on equity of 11.35% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Popular12.36% 11.35% 0.85% Glacier Bancorp 14.69%5.84%0.65% Which has more risk & volatility, BPOP or GBCI? Popular has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to BPOP or GBCI? In the previous week, Popular had 1 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Popular and 6 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Popular's score of 0.82 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Popular 2 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Glacier Bancorp 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BPOP or GBCI? Popular has higher revenue and earnings than Glacier Bancorp. Popular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPopular$3.90B1.77$541.34M$7.3613.13Glacier Bancorp$1.14B5.58$222.93M$1.6234.47 SummaryPopular beats Glacier Bancorp on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BPOP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPopularState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$6.89B$3.16B$10.56B$8.82BDividend Yield2.58%3.50%10.16%4.07%P/E Ratio13.1317.3649.3017.81Price / Sales1.772.813,460.6574.38Price / Cash11.0711.1530.5032.53Price / Book1.361.322.764.68Net Income$541.34M$405.80M$995.76M$226.08M7 Day Performance-1.75%-1.21%-0.34%-2.04%1 Month Performance-4.17%6.08%1.82%0.06%1 Year Performance33.47%33.93%23.83%24.60% Popular Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BPOPPopular4.8543 of 5 stars$96.62+1.7%$104.88+8.5%+33.5%$6.89B$3.90B13.139,237Dividend IncreaseGBCIGlacier Bancorp2.8683 of 5 stars$55.84flat$46.20-17.3%+65.6%$6.33B$1.14B34.473,358News CoveragePositive NewsPBProsperity Bancshares4.7312 of 5 stars$81.71-0.1%$78.96-3.4%+36.8%$7.80B$1.60B17.353,850Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionFFINFirst Financial Bankshares3.973 of 5 stars$40.62-0.8%$37.75-7.1%+49.0%$5.85B$636.07M28.011,500News CoveragePositive NewsSSBSouthState3.8801 of 5 stars$104.96-0.1%$105.11+0.1%+39.5%$8.02B$2.23B15.145,070Positive NewsUBSIUnited Bankshares3.0337 of 5 stars$41.40-1.1%$40.25-2.8%+22.3%$5.66B$1.54B15.682,635Positive NewsHBANHuntington Bancshares4.7714 of 5 stars$17.47-0.4%$16.26-6.9%+57.8%$25.48B$10.84B16.8019,955Analyst ForecastPositive NewsRFRegions Financial4.7315 of 5 stars$26.26flat$26.18-0.3%+61.1%$23.87B$9.15B14.8420,101Positive NewsKEYKeyCorp4.7568 of 5 stars$19.02+0.1%$18.03-5.2%+55.3%$18.83B$10.40B1,902.0017,333EWBCEast West Bancorp4.0078 of 5 stars$105.50+1.2%$102.25-3.1%+71.1%$14.45B$3.99B13.323,206Positive NewsFHNFirst Horizon4.6144 of 5 stars$19.88-1.1%$18.38-7.5%+61.4%$10.66B$5.03B14.417,378Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GBCI Competitors PB Competitors FFIN Competitors SSB Competitors UBSI Competitors HBAN Competitors RF Competitors KEY Competitors EWBC Competitors FHN Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BPOP) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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