On Friday, Popular Inc (NASDAQ: BPOP) opened lower -3.15% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $103.96. Price fluctuations for BPOP have ranged from $80.60 to $106.81 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 52.18% annually for the last half of the decade. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 10.56% at the time writing. With a float of $69.80 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $70.14 million.
In an organization with 9231 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 99.5%, operating margin of 19.74%, and the pretax margin is 17.12%.
Popular Inc (BPOP) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Banks – Regional industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Popular Inc is 2.11%, while institutional ownership is 88.47%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 06 ’25, was worth 984,683. In this transaction EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT of this company sold 9,600 shares at a rate of $102.57, taking the stock ownership to the 39,170 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 31 ’25, when Company’s Executive Vice President sold 10,000 for $103.40, making the entire transaction worth $1,033,969. This insider now owns 17,147 shares in total.
Popular Inc (BPOP) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.47 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 10.56% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.79% during the next five years compared to 7.83% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Popular Inc (NASDAQ: BPOP) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Popular Inc (BPOP). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.65. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 15.68.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.56, a number that is poised to hit 2.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 11.91 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Popular Inc (BPOP)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.47 million. That was better than the volume of 0.46 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 42.79%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.53.
During the past 100 days, Popular Inc’s (BPOP) raw stochastic average was set at 69.32%, which indicates a significant increase from 14.17% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 26.84% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 34.17% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $98.58, while its 200-day Moving Average is $95.66. However, in the short run, Popular Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $103.32. Second resistance stands at $105.96. The third major resistance level sits at $107.29. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $99.35, it is likely to go to the next support level at $98.02. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $95.38.
Popular Inc (NASDAQ: BPOP) Key Stats
There are currently 71,306K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.18 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 4,332 M according to its annual income of 612,800 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,084 M and its income totaled 177,460 K.
