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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 25th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.00%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. This is a boost from First Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View First Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Bancorp (NYSE:FBP) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The bank reported $0.20 earnings per share (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 return on equity of 7.93% and a net margin of 30.46%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.16 earnings per share. View First Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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 articles about FBP stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive 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 negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First Bancorp earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,290,000 shares, an increase of 29.5% from the December 15th total of 2,540,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,150,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

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 investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.24%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.22%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.05%) and James Investment Research Inc. (0.04%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Strs Ohio, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CWM Advisors LLC and James Investment Research Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Sciencast Management LP, 6 Meridian and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 $10.00.

First Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.17 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]