Popular (BPOP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Popular in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BPOP shares.
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8 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Popular's shares. Their BPOP share price targets range from $63.00 to $107.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $91.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% from the stock's current price.
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Popular's stock was trading at $82.07 at the start of the year. Since then, BPOP shares have increased by 0.4% and is now trading at $82.36.
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Popular saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 479,000 shares, a drop of 44.3% from the March 15th total of 859,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 466,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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Popular will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 23rd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 929-458-6194 with passcode "769181".

Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The bank reported $1.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.05 by $0.89. The bank earned $702.92 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $699.76 million. Popular had a net margin of 13.86% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.63%.

Popular announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, March 14th will be given a dividend of $0.62 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 13th.
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Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.00%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 32.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BPOP will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.02% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), Freedom Day Dividend ETF (MBOX), First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), Alpha Intelligent - Large Cap Value ETF (AILV), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT) and Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3X Shares (DPST).

78 employees have rated Popular Chief Executive Officer Ignacio Alvarez on Glassdoor.com. Ignacio Alvarez has an approval rating of 90% among the company's employees. 82.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Popular to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Popular investors own include AT&T (T), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Alibaba Group (BABA), Energy Transfer (ET), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Popular's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fourth Sail Capital LP (0.25%), Perpetual Ltd (0.16%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.14%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.05%), Wedmont Private Capital (0.00%) and CWM LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Alejandro M Sanchez, Beatriz Castellvi, C Kim Goodwin, Camille Burckhart, Carlos J Vazquez, Carlos J Vazquez, Carlos Unanue, Eduardo J Negron, Eli Sepulveda, Gilberto Monzon, Ignacio Alvarez, Javier D Ferrer, Jorge J Garcia, Juan Guerrero, Luis E Cestero, Manuel Chinea, Maria Luisa Ferre and Richard L Carrion.
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Shares of BPOP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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