With 1.18 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.65 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $97.09 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $92.07. The 52-week range on BPOP shows that it touched its highest point at $106.81 and its lowest point at $78.23 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $113.67. With its current market cap of 6.20 billion, BPOP has annualized dividend of $2.64 while the current yield stands at 2.79%. BPOP paid its most recent dividend on 1742256000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1742256000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.63.
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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.24%, but this was up by 2.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.20% while six-month performance fell -5.98%. The stock gained 13.93% in the past year, while it has gained 0.78% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BPOP yields 8.56 with Next year EPS estimates of 12.00. For the next quarter, that number is 2.46. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.42% for this year and 18.44% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.37% 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 67.81 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 1.29 million, which was 187.0 higher than short shares on 1740700800. 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 0.9195 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 100.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 113.33333. Based on these targets, BPOP could surge 37.15% to reach the target high and rise by 5.5% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 19.56% 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 $2.69 and the low estimate is $2.44. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.57.
