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$91.66 +1.08 (+1.19%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

BPOP vs. HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, and WTFC

Should you be buying Popular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Popular include Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), and Wintrust Financial (WTFC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Popular vs.

Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Popular pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Popular has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Popular shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Popular shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Popular had 5 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Popular and 12 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. Popular's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 0.95 indicating that Popular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Huntington Bancshares
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Popular
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Huntington Bancshares has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Popular's net margin of 12.36%. Popular's return on equity of 11.35% beat Huntington Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huntington Bancshares14.19% 10.72% 0.95%
Popular 12.36%11.35%0.85%

Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Popular. Popular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntington Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Huntington Bancshares$7.21B3.29$1.95B$1.0415.69
Popular$2.75B2.38$541.34M$7.3612.45

Huntington Bancshares received 116 more outperform votes than Popular when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Popular an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Huntington BancsharesOutperform Votes
575
51.39%
Underperform Votes
544
48.61%
PopularOutperform Votes
459
65.38%
Underperform Votes
243
34.62%

Huntington Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $17.41, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. Popular has a consensus price target of $108.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.10%. Given Popular's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Popular is more favorable than Huntington Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huntington Bancshares
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Popular
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Huntington Bancshares beats Popular on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BPOP vs. The Competition

MetricPopularState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.46B$3.10B$11.01B$9.07B
Dividend Yield3.11%3.54%9.87%4.22%
P/E Ratio12.4516.5628.5417.19
Price / Sales2.383.2848.52116.80
Price / Cash11.1711.2830.3637.86
Price / Book1.291.262.744.78
Net Income$541.34M$406.76M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-4.17%-4.75%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-6.51%-4.99%-2.87%3.37%
1 Year Performance14.43%14.26%11.31%16.58%

Popular Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BPOP
Popular
4.9771 of 5 stars
$91.66
+1.2%
$108.25
+18.1%
+14.8%$6.46B$2.75B12.459,237Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9062 of 5 stars
$17.28
+0.6%
$17.41
+0.8%
+30.9%$25.10B$7.21B16.5119,955Analyst Revision
RF
Regions Financial
4.9432 of 5 stars
$25.23
+0.5%
$27.61
+9.4%
+25.3%$22.93B$7.08B14.1920,101Analyst Revision
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9749 of 5 stars
$18.29
+0.9%
$19.16
+4.7%
+21.5%$18.13B$10.40B1,823.0017,333Analyst Revision
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.2012 of 5 stars
$101.55
0.0%
$109.17
+7.5%
+35.6%$14.08B$2.55B12.753,206Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FHN
First Horizon
4.3666 of 5 stars
$20.31
+0.6%
$19.69
-3.0%
+45.9%$10.77B$3.17B14.637,378Analyst Forecast
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9188 of 5 stars
$58.96
flat
$59.00
+0.1%
+9.3%$10.11B$3.94B13.514,261Analyst Forecast
Positive News
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.884 of 5 stars
$91.05
+1.5%
$93.40
+2.6%
+33.4%$10.02B$2.30B13.843,260Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.5623 of 5 stars
$118.38
+0.6%
$113.64
-4.0%
+31.5%$9.14B$2.79B22.443,357Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.5896 of 5 stars
$139.37
+1.1%
$127.07
-8.8%
+26.0%$8.94B$2.65B17.105,495Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6162 of 5 stars
$131.44
+0.0%
$124.62
-5.2%
+35.1%$8.74B$3.33B13.765,521Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BPOP) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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