Popular vs First BanCorp
BPOP and FBP side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BPOP and FBP compare
Popular is the larger company, worth 2.5 times as much as First BanCorp ($10.0B against $4.0B).
On earnings, Popular is cheaper: it trades at 10.6× trailing earnings, against 11.0× for First BanCorp.
Popular grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.6% versus 2.0% for First BanCorp).
Popular keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 37.9% compared with 29.0% at First BanCorp.
Both pay dividends: Popular yields 2.0% and First BanCorp 2.3%.
First BanCorp scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 16 for Popular), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BPOP | FBP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.0B | $4.0B |
| Share price | $156.61 | $26.18 |
| Change, 1 year | 43.4% | 36.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 88.9% | 84.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| Employees | 9,427 | 3,218 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 | 5 |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.6× (better) | 11.0× |
| P/S | 3.9× | 3.1× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× (better) | 2.0× |
| P/FCF | 12.4× | 9.1× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.04 |
| FCF yield | 8.1% | 11.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $148.60 | $23.52 |
| Margin of safety | −5.4% (better) | −11.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.6% (better) | 2.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.2% | 9.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 34.4% (better) | 21.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 43.5% (better) | 26.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.9% | 36.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 37.9% (better) | 29.0% |
| FCF margin | 31.6% | 34.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.6% | 19.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.21 | 0.38 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 2.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 20.4% | 32.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 12.6% | 29.2% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 5.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 7.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 96.7% |
| Held by insiders | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.3M | −$2.4M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 4.9% |
Go deeper
- BPOP stock overview
- BPOP income statement
- BPOP valuation and score
- FBP stock overview
- FBP income statement
- FBP valuation and score
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