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 Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View First Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Bancorp (NYSE:FBP) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 28th. The bank reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, meeting the 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 return on equity of 7.71% and a net margin of 21.75%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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 headlines about FBP stock have trended very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect 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 during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,910,000 shares, a drop of 11.6% from the January 15th total of 3,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,180,000 shares, the days-to-cover 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), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), 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 variety 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 $9.02.

First Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.96 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]