First Bancorp Stock Price, News & 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 Wednesday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 29th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 28th. View First Bancorp's Dividend History.

First Bancorp (NYSE:FBP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The bank reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $164.77 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $169.10 million. First Bancorp had a return on equity of 7.73% and a net margin of 29.83%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.14 EPS. View First Bancorp's Earnings History.

First Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Media stories about FBP stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Bancorp earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for First Bancorp.

First Bancorp saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,410,000 shares, a decline of 26.3% from the August 30th total of 3,270,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,240,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.27%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.05%), Penbrook Management LLC (0.04%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.03%) and Bailard Inc. (0.02%). 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. and Penbrook Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Bancorp.

FBP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Navellier & Associates Inc, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Bailard Inc., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and North Star Investment Management Corp.. 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 $10.24.

First Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.23 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]