First Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:FBP)

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

First Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. This is a positive change from First Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View First Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Bancorp (NYSE:FBP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The bank reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $165.83 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $171.90 million. First Bancorp had a net margin of 30.46% and a return on equity of 7.93%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.16 EPS. View First Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Bancorp.

Media headlines about FBP stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp saw a drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,000,000 shares, a drop of 13.0% from the September 30th total of 2,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View First Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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First Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.32%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.32%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.27%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.19%), Stilwell Value LLC (0.17%) and Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.12%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Alps Advisors Inc. and Penbrook Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd, Rhumbline Advisers, 6 Meridian, Stilwell Value LLC and Navellier & Associates Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

Shares of FBP 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 FBP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.34.

First Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.25 billion and generates $707.28 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $201.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.62 on an earnings per share basis. First Bancorp employs 2,643 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First Bancorp.

The official website for First Bancorp is http://www.1firstbank.com/.

First Bancorp's mailing address is 1519 PONCE DE LEON AVE STOP 23, SAN JUAN PR, 00908. The bank can be reached via phone at 787-729-8200 or via email at [email protected]