With 0.76 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.51 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $88.84 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $87.0236. The 52-week range on BPOP shows that it touched its highest point at $106.81 and its lowest point at $80.60 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $114.56. With its current market cap of 6.11 billion, BPOP has annualized dividend of $2.56 while the current yield stands at 2.91%. BPOP paid its most recent dividend on 1726185600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1742256000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.67.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BPOP was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.39%, but this was down by -15.16% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -11.38% while six-month performance fell -9.50%. The stock gained 3.72% in the past year, while it has lost -6.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BPOP yields 8.56 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.91. For the next quarter, that number is 2.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.56% for this year and 19.49% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.79% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.82%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 70.14 million BPOP shares are outstanding with a float of 68.07 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 1.03 million, which was 148.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Ignacio Alvarez Esq. as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Javier D. Ferrer-Fernández J.D. serves as its President, COO & Corporate Secretary.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.91436 of BPOP’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BPOP since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BPOP analysts setting a high price target of 130.0 and a low target of 104.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 114.55556. Based on these targets, BPOP could surge 48.01% to reach the target high and rise by 18.41% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 30.43% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $8.52161 being high and $8.46103 being low. For BPOP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.49132. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.55 and the low estimate is $2.36. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.47.
