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NASDAQ:BPOP

Popular (BPOP) Competitors

$59.15
+0.81 (+1.39%)
(As of 05/26/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$57.43
▼
$59.24
50-Day Range
$52.08
▼
$60.31
52-Week Range
$49.34
▼
$83.64
Volume
272,133 shs
Average Volume
550,184 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.26 billion
P/E Ratio
4.15
Dividend Yield
3.72%
Price Target
$70.00
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BPOP vs. UBSI, WTFC, HOMB, FFIN, WAL, SSB, GBCI, IBOC, UCBI, and PB

Should you be buying Popular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Popular include United Bankshares (UBSI), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), SouthState (SSB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), International Bancshares (IBOC), United Community Banks (UCBI), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Popular vs.

United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Popular received 168 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.66% of users gave Popular an outperform vote while only 48.29% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United BanksharesOutperform Votes
268
48.29%
Underperform Votes
287
51.71%
PopularOutperform Votes
436
65.66%
Underperform Votes
228
34.34%

United Bankshares has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Popular has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Bankshares$1.16 billion3.50$379.63 million$2.9410.20
Popular$3.36 billion1.27$1.10 billion$14.254.15

United Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.00%. Popular has a consensus target price of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.34%. Given United Bankshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than Popular.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Popular
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. United Bankshares pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Popular pays out 15.4% 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

68.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Popular shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of United Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Popular shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Bankshares has a net margin of 31.24% compared to Popular's net margin of 29.29%. Popular's return on equity of 25.51% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Bankshares 31.24% 8.78% 1.35%
Popular 29.29% 25.51% 1.51%

In the previous week, United Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than Popular. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for United Bankshares and 7 mentions for Popular. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Popular's score of 0.88 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Bankshares
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Popular
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Popular beats United Bankshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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

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MetricPopularState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.26B$2.25B$6.35B$6.18B
Dividend Yield3.72%15.23%6.93%6.15%
P/E Ratio4.157.56160.7814.42
Price / Sales1.272.063,951.4486.33
Price / Cash3.596.1732.80107.27
Price / Book0.960.912.617.13
Net Income$1.10B$384.12M$648.68M$192.91M
7 Day Performance2.05%1.68%-0.27%0.20%
1 Month Performance-1.43%-4.50%-1.74%1.33%
1 Year Performance-27.50%-21.50%-8.36%-0.24%

Popular Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.8336 of 5 stars		$28.22
-1.1%		$39.00
+38.2%		-19.7%$3.81B$1.07B9.602,765Insider Buying
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News Coverage
Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
3.7387 of 5 stars		$61.81
-2.0%		$94.73
+53.3%		-24.7%$3.78B$2.06B7.085,275
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
2.3428 of 5 stars		$20.35
-0.7%		$26.00
+27.8%		-2.2%$4.13B$1.01B12.042,774
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
2.5345 of 5 stars		$25.81
-1.3%		$34.13
+32.2%		-35.3%$3.68B$513.60M16.031,500Positive News
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
3.6173 of 5 stars		$31.59
+2.7%		$59.68
+88.9%		-56.7%$3.46B$2.21B3.613,365Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
SSB
SouthState
2.7963 of 5 stars		$60.34
-2.2%		$87.17
+44.5%		-19.8%$4.58B$1.72B8.584,921
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
3.1267 of 5 stars		$27.45
-2.6%		$41.00
+49.4%		-39.1%$3.04B$886.03M10.243,552Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
1.8954 of 5 stars		$42.20
+0.5%		N/A+4.7%$2.62B$746.75M7.562,169Short Interest ↑
UCBI
United Community Banks
3.274 of 5 stars		$21.09
-2.2%		$31.80
+50.8%		-26.9%$2.43B$906.19M8.083,046
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
3.4544 of 5 stars		$58.90
-2.9%		$73.55
+24.9%		-19.8%$5.55B$1.12B10.213,633Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:BPOP) was last updated on 5/28/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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