NASDAQ:BPOP - Popular Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Popular declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. View Popular's Dividend History.

Popular Inc (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 28th. The bank reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.25. The bank had revenue of $619.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $568.25 million. Popular had a net margin of 23.58% and a return on equity of 11.84%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.33 earnings per share. View Popular's Earnings History.

Popular is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Popular.

1 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Popular's stock. Their forecasts range from $69.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Popular's stock price to reach $69.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Popular.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Popular in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Popular.

Press coverage about BPOP stock has been trending very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Popular earned a news sentiment score of -3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Popular.

Popular saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 976,800 shares, a decrease of 17.9% from the January 15th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 517,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Popular's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Popular include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Popular investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Alibaba Group (BABA), Altria Group (MO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Enbridge (ENB), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Pfizer (PFE) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Popular's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include AQR Capital Management LLC (3.74%), Investec Asset Management LTD (3.10%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (2.64%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.46%), AJO LP (2.38%) and State Street Corp (2.29%). 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 Point72 Asset Management L.P., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, AJO LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. and AXA. Company insiders that have sold Popular company stock in the last year include Carlos J Vazquez, 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 for Popular.

BPOP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. and State Street Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $54.76.

Popular has a market capitalization of $5.30 billion and generates $2.83 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $667.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.88 on an earnings per share basis. Popular employs 8,474 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Popular.

The official website for Popular is http://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]