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 Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View First Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Bancorp (NYSE:FBP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The bank reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.19. The bank earned $164.33 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $170.70 million. First Bancorp had a net margin of 21.75% and a return on equity of 7.71%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.20 earnings per share. View First Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Bancorp.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Bancorp.

News coverage about FBP stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the bank a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,910,000 shares, a decrease of 11.6% from the January 15th total of 3,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,180,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View First Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Bancorp include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Bancorp investors own include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), KeyCorp (KEY), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), General Electric (GE), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Regions Financial (RF), NovaBay Pharmaceuticals (NBY) and Consolidated Communications (CNSL).

First Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.13%), State Street Corp (3.82%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.80%), Panagora Asset Management Inc. (1.66%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.52%) and Alyeska Investment Group L.P. (1.25%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Renaissance Technologies LLC, State Street Corp and First Trust Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace North America L.P., EJF Capital LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Man Group plc, Shoals Capital Management LP, Marshall Wace LLP and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $8.40.

First Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.83 billion and generates $766.47 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $167.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.75 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]