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$114.74 +1.33 (+1.17%)
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BPOP vs. ABCB, FITB, HBAN, HWC, WTFC, ASB, FBP, FNB, RF, and SNV

Should you be buying Popular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Popular include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), First BanCorp. (FBP), F.N.B. (FNB), Regions Financial (RF), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Popular vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 5.37%. Popular has a consensus target price of $123.29, suggesting a potential upside of 7.45%. Given Popular's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Popular is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Popular
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Popular has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Popular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.16$358.68M$5.4012.55
Popular$4.33B1.81$614.21M$9.6911.84

In the previous week, Popular had 19 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Popular and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Popular's score of 0.76 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Popular
15 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Popular shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Popular shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Popular pays out 28.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Popular has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Popular is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Popular's net margin of 15.82%. Popular's return on equity of 12.22% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Popular 15.82%12.22%0.94%

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Popular has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Popular on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BPOP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BPOP vs. The Competition

MetricPopularBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.86B$1.97B$11.95B$9.09B
Dividend Yield2.47%2.63%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.8412.4519.2320.40
Price / Sales1.812.6425.9980.80
Price / Cash17.8812.4118.5127.46
Price / Book1.461.212.305.56
Net Income$614.21M$154.64M$989.78M$251.39M
7 Day Performance1.13%0.66%0.64%3.08%
1 Month Performance10.53%8.24%4.16%11.85%
1 Year Performance23.26%23.25%539.69%17.31%

Popular Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BPOP
Popular
4.9842 of 5 stars
$114.74
+1.2%
$123.29
+7.4%
+21.8%$7.86B$4.33B11.849,406Trending News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3846 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850News Coverage
Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.7958 of 5 stars
$43.07
-0.8%
$47.53
+10.4%
+13.7%$28.75B$8.29B13.6718,616Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9307 of 5 stars
$17.54
flat
$18.33
+4.5%
+28.4%$25.62B$7.55B13.3919,932Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5638 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+20.1%$5.13B$1.45B11.063,476Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6572 of 5 stars
$130.61
-1.0%
$135.77
+4.0%
+26.7%$8.74B$2.49B12.925,903Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8312 of 5 stars
$25.53
-1.3%
$26.44
+3.6%
+17.4%$4.23B$2.39B29.694,000
FBP
First BanCorp.
3.673 of 5 stars
$21.63
-1.4%
$22.80
+5.4%
+15.9%$3.49B$1.23B11.763,113News Coverage
Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
3.9343 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+9.7%$5.58B$2.57B12.324,280News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
RF
Regions Financial
4.8576 of 5 stars
$24.57
-0.9%
$26.15
+6.4%
+20.6%$22.09B$9.37B11.8119,644Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.5118 of 5 stars
$54.55
-1.0%
$57.11
+4.7%
+28.2%$7.58B$3.43B15.284,775Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:BPOP) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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