Popular vs M&T Bank
BPOP and MTB 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 MTB compare
M&T Bank is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as Popular ($31.7B against $10.1B).
On earnings, Popular is cheaper: it trades at 10.2× trailing earnings, against 11.5× for M&T Bank.
Popular grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.2% versus 5.5% for M&T Bank).
M&T Bank keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 176% compared with 38.3% at Popular.
Both pay dividends: Popular yields 2.6% and M&T Bank 2.7%.
M&T Bank scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 15 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 | MTB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.1B | $31.7B |
| Share price | $158.50 | $219.78 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.4% | 17.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 90.9% | 39.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.82 |
| Employees | 9,427 | 22K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.2× (better) | 11.5× |
| P/S | 3.9× (better) | 18.5× |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.4× | – |
| PEG | – | 0.83 |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | – |
| Fair value | $149.82 | $230.94 |
| Margin of safety | −5.8% | 4.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.2% (better) | 5.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.2% (better) | −22.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 28.7% (better) | 8.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 37.2% (better) | 18.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.9% (better) | 11.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 38.3% | 176% (better) |
| FCF margin | 33.9% | – |
| Return on equity | 16.2% (better) | 10.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.23 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.22 | 0.25 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 2.7% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 19.8% | 29.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 12.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 7.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.6% | 10.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 91.4% |
| Held by insiders | 2.0% | 0.36% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$14.3M (better) | −$24.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 3.4% |
Go deeper
- BPOP stock overview
- BPOP income statement
- BPOP valuation and score
- MTB stock overview
- MTB income statement
- MTB valuation and score
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