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 paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. View Popular's Dividend History.

Popular Inc (NASDAQ:BPOP) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The bank reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.25. The bank earned $619.84 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $568.25 million. Popular had a return on equity of 11.84% and a net margin of 23.58%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.33 EPS. 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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Popular's stock. Their forecasts range from $69.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Popular's share price to reach $69.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.9% 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.

News headlines about BPOP stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Popular.

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

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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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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 $52.72.

Popular has a market capitalization of $5.10 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]