Popular Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Popular in the last year. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Popular stock.
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Popular is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 28th. The bank reported $2.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.72 by $0.38. Popular had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.51% and a net margin of 18.66%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.72 earnings per share.
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Popular's stock was trading at $38.31 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BPOP shares have increased by 80.7% and is now trading at $69.23.
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Popular announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 18th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, April 1st. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 17th.
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Popular pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.31%. Popular has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Popular is 23.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Popular will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.27% next year. This indicates that Popular will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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5 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Popular's stock. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $79.00. On average, they anticipate Popular's share price to reach $63.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.7%.
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44 employees have rated Popular CEO Ignacio Alvarez on Glassdoor.com. Ignacio Alvarez has an approval rating of 90% among Popular's employees.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Popular investors own include AT&T (T), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Alibaba Group (BABA), Energy Transfer (ET), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Popular trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BPOP."

Popular's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.30%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.83%), Polaris Capital Management LLC (4.72%), BlackRock Inc. (4.38%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.80%) and Two Creeks Capital Management LP (2.73%). Company insiders that own Popular stock include Eduardo J Negron, Eli Sepulveda, Javier D Ferrer, Joaquin E Bacardi III, Jorge J Garcia, Juan Guerrero, Luis E Cestero and Maria Luisa Ferre.
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BPOP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AJO LP, Royce & Associates LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jacobs Asset Management LLC, Algebris UK Ltd, BlackRock Inc., and Los Angeles Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Popular company stock in the last year include Eli Sepulveda, Juan Guerrero, and Luis E Cestero.
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BPOP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Norges Bank, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., SummerHaven Investment Management LLC, Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP, Two Creeks Capital Management LP, and HoldCo Asset Management L.P..
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Shares of BPOP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BPOP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.23.

Popular has a market capitalization of $5.83 billion and generates $2.83 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $671.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.88 on an earnings per share basis.

Popular employs 8,522 workers across the globe.

The official website for Popular is www.popular.com.

Popular is headquartered at 209 Munoz Rivera Avenue Popular Center Building, Hato Rey PR, 00936.

Popular's mailing address is 209 Munoz Rivera Avenue Popular Center Building, Hato Rey PR, 00936. The bank can be reached via phone at 787-765-9800 or via email at [email protected]