Popular (BPOP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Popular, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1893, it provides banking and other financial services primarily in Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland.

Its principal subsidiary, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, serves individuals and businesses with consumer and commercial banking, mortgage lending, and related financial services. Popular also operates Popular Bank in the mainland United States and provides auto financing through Popular Auto.

Ignacio Alvarez is Popular’s president and chief executive officer. The company’s operations include Puerto Rico, the U.S. mainland, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $155.19 to $159.02
• 50-Day Range: $155.45 to $171.33
• 52-Week Range: $109.01 to $179.24
• Volume: 1.09 million shs
• Average Volume: 527,977 shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.94
• Dividend Yield: 2.28%
• Price Target: $186.42
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Popular Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Popular scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 20th out of 843 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Popular has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 11 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Popular has a consensus price target of $186.42, representing about 18.1% upside from its current price of $157.78.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Popular has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.10%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Popular are expected to grow by 8.10% in the coming year, from $16.05 to $17.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Popular is 9.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Popular is 9.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.36.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Popular has a PEG Ratio of 0.47. 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 1.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.12% 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 4.48.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Popular has recently decreased by 1.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Popular pays a meaningful dividend of 2.30%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Popular has been increasing its dividend for 6 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Popular is 22.68%. 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 20.75% next year. This indicates that Popular will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.93

News Sentiment

Popular has a news sentiment score of 0.93. 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 0.57 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Popular this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for BPOP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Popular to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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 $6,764,824.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.13% 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/22/2026
• Today: 11/09/2026
• Record date for 1/4 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 1/4 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 1/04/2027
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/27/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BPOP
• CIK: 763901
• Web: www.popular.com
• Phone: (787) 765-9800
• Fax: 787-751-2137
• Employees: 9,238
• Year Founded: 1893

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Popular: $186.42
• High Price Target: $216.00
• Low Price Target: $156.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $15.87
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.09
• P/E Growth: 0.47
• Net Income: $833.16 million
• Net Margins: 22.36%
• Pretax Margin: 25.19%
• Return on Equity: 16.08%
• Return on Assets: 1.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.61
• Quick Ratio: 0.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.27
• Cash Flow: $9.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.44
• Book Value: $93.39 per share
• Price / Book: 1.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 63,780,000
• Free Float: 62,420,000
• Market Cap: $10.06 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.63