Popular Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Popular in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Popular stock.
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Popular saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,230,000 shares, a drop of 19.0% from the June 30th total of 3,990,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 609,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 4.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Popular is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 22nd. The bank reported $2.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.63. Popular had a net margin of 30.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.91%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.49 EPS.
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Popular's stock was trading at $38.31 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BPOP stock has increased by 90.8% and is now trading at $73.10.
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Popular announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Thursday, July 1st. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 25th. This is a boost from Popular's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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Popular pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.47%. Popular has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Popular is 30.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Popular will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.93% next year. This indicates that Popular will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Popular's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect Popular's share price to reach $76.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.87%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.27%), TCW Group Inc. (0.11%), Oak Family Advisors LLC (0.08%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.05%) and Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Popular stock include Camille Burckhart, Carlos J Vazquez, 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 Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, and Oak Family Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Popular company stock in the last year include Camille Burckhart, Carlos J Vazquez, Eduardo J Negron, 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 USA Financial Portformulas Corp, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Arkadios Wealth Advisors, TCW Group Inc., Nkcfo LLC, and Advisor Group Holdings Inc..
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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 $73.10.

Popular has a market capitalization of $5.89 billion and generates $2.60 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $506.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.87 on an earnings per share basis.

Popular employs 8,700 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]