NASDAQ:BPOPPopular Stock Price, Forecast & News

Popular's stock was trading at $38.31 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BPOP shares have decreased by 5.6% and is now trading at $36.15. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Popular in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Popular.

Popular is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Popular.

Popular will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Popular Inc (NASDAQ:BPOP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The bank reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.37 by $1.00. The bank earned $599.74 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $604.57 million. Popular had a return on equity of 9.23% and a net margin of 18.98%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.69 earnings per share. View Popular's earnings history.

Popular declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.43%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 1st. View Popular's dividend history.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Popular's stock. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate Popular's stock price to reach $52.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 45.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Popular.

Press coverage about BPOP stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Popular earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Popular.

Popular saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,160,000 shares, an increase of 20.8% from the June 15th total of 960,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 967,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Popular's Current Options Chain.

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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 Stilwell Value LLC (0.02%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Popular stock include Alejandro M Ballester, Beatriz Castellvi, Carlos J Vazquez, Eduardo J Negron, Eli Sepulveda, Gilberto Monzon, Ignacio Alvarez, Javier D Ferrer, Joaquin E Bacardi III, Jorge J Garcia, Juan Guerrero, Luis E Cestero, Maria Luisa Ferre and Richard L Carrion. View institutional ownership trends for Popular.

BPOP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stilwell Value LLC. Company insiders that have sold Popular company stock in the last year include Eduardo J Negron, Eli Sepulveda, Javier D Ferrer, Joaquin E Bacardi III, Jorge J Garcia, Luis E Cestero, and Maria Luisa Ferre. View insider buying and selling activity for Popular.

BPOP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. View insider buying and selling activity for Popular.

Shares of BPOP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BPOP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.15.

Popular has a market capitalization of $3.10 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 8,560 workers across the globe.

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

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]