First BanCorp. (FBP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First BanCorp. in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" FBP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FBP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for First BanCorp.'s stock. Their FBP share price forecasts range from $12.50 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $14.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price.
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First BanCorp.'s stock was trading at $12.72 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FBP shares have increased by 5.8% and is now trading at $13.46.
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First BanCorp. saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,010,000 shares, an increase of 44.0% from the August 31st total of 2,090,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The bank reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.02. The bank earned $236.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $231.53 million. First BanCorp. had a net margin of 27.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.15%.

First BanCorp. declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, September 8th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 23rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), Newday Ocean Health ETF (AHOY), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), Invesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETF (XSHQ), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (IJT) and SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG).

First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.16%. FBP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 35.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FBP will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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17 employees have rated First BanCorp. Chief Executive Officer Aurelio Alemán on Glassdoor.com. Aurelio Alemán has an approval rating of 91% among the company's employees. This puts Aurelio Alemán in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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First BanCorp. trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FBP."

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One share of FBP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.46.

First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) has a market capitalization of $2.40 billion and generates $918.39 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $305.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.58 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,133 workers across the globe.

First BanCorp.'s mailing address is 1519 PONCE DE LEON AVE STOP 23, SAN JUAN PR, 00908. The official website for the company is www.1firstbank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (787) 729-8200, via email at john.pelling@firstbankpr.com, or via fax at 787-724-5040.