First Bancorp PR (FBP) is -10.56% away from 50-day simple Moving Average despite all headwinds

A new trading day began on Monday, with First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) stock price down -5.19% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $18.49. FBP’s price has ranged from $16.24 to $22.40 over the past 52 weeks.

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Annual sales at Financial sector company grew by 10.55% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 0.72%. With a float of $160.23 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $163.87 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 3113 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 14.81%, operating margin of 36.26%, and the pretax margin is 44.9%.

First Bancorp PR (FBP) Insider and Institutional Ownership

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Banks – Regional Industry. The insider ownership of First Bancorp PR is 2.22%, while institutional ownership is 97.37%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 05 ’25, was worth 951,204. In this transaction EVP of this company sold 45,797 shares at a rate of $20.77, taking the stock ownership to the 186,543 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 07 ’25, when Company’s EVP sold 10,321 for $20.75, making the entire transaction worth $214,161. This insider now owns 176,222 shares in total.

First Bancorp PR (FBP) Latest Financial update

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.45 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 0.72% per share during the next fiscal year.

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are First Bancorp PR’s current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.34. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.20.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.81, a number that is poised to hit 0.43 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.08 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of First Bancorp PR (FBP)

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) saw its 5-day average volume 1.08 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 0.98 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.61%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.55.

During the past 100 days, First Bancorp PR’s (FBP) raw stochastic average was set at 1.72%, which indicates a significant decrease from 2.70% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.75% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 36.62% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $19.60, while its 200-day Moving Average is $19.78. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $18.08 in the near term. At $18.63, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $18.94. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.21, it is likely to go to the next support level at $16.90. The third support level lies at $16.35 if the price breaches the second support level.

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 2.87 billion, the company has a total of 163,867K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,226 M while annual income is 298,720 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 311,930 K while its latest quarter income was 75,700 K.