NYSE:FBP - First Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

First Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 25th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The bank reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.01. The bank earned $165.83 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $171.90 million. First Bancorp had a net margin of 30.46% and a return on equity of 7.93%. During the same period last year, the business earned $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.

News coverage about FBP stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. First Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in 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 trading volume of 1,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View First Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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First Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.89%), Millennium Management LLC (2.02%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (1.51%), Voya Investment Management LLC (0.92%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.52%) and Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC (0.39%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Man Group plc, State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, Barclays PLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, Voya Investment Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Squarepoint Ops LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $10.42.

First Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.26 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]