First Bancorp PR (FBP) is gearing up for another turning point as it hit the volume of 0.88 million

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) kicked off on Tuesday, up 0.66% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $19.72. Over the past 52 weeks, FBP has traded in a range of $16.40-$22.40.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 10.55%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 4.15%. With a float of $159.37 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $163.10 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3113 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 21.68%, operating margin of 39.98%, and the pretax margin is 65.34%.

First Bancorp PR (FBP) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Banks – Regional Industry. The insider ownership of First Bancorp PR is 2.30%, while institutional ownership is 97.61%. 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) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.48 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.15% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.62% during the next five years compared to 18.97% growth over the previous five years of trading.

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at First Bancorp PR’s (FBP) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.61. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.12.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.84, a number that is poised to hit 0.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.13 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of First Bancorp PR (FBP)

Looking closely at First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP), its last 5-days average volume was 1.61 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.26 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 93.22%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.67.

During the past 100 days, First Bancorp PR’s (FBP) raw stochastic average was set at 71.43%, which indicates a significant decrease from 98.68% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 44.19% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 33.96% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $18.70, while its 200-day Moving Average is $19.91. However, in the short run, First Bancorp PR’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $19.99. Second resistance stands at $20.14. The third major resistance level sits at $20.38. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $19.60, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.36. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $19.21.

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 3.24 billion has total of 163,126K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,226 M in contrast with the sum of 298,720 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 312,800 K and last quarter income was 77,060 K.