Popular vs SouthState Bank
BPOP and SSB 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 SSB compare
Popular and SouthState Bank are about the same size, with market caps of $10.1B and $10.1B.
On earnings, Popular is cheaper: it trades at 10.2× trailing earnings, against 11.1× for SouthState Bank.
SouthState Bank grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.7% versus 8.2% for Popular).
Popular keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 38.3% compared with 34.3% at SouthState Bank.
Both pay dividends: Popular yields 2.6% and SouthState Bank 1.8%.
SouthState Bank scores higher on the StockData Score (18 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 | SSB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.1B | $10.1B |
| Share price | $157.88 | $104.61 |
| Change, 1 year | 35.5% | 16.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 90.2% | 28.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.81 |
| Employees | 9,427 | 6,190 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.2× (better) | 11.1× |
| P/S | 3.9× | 3.7× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.4× | 6.8× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.84 |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | 14.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $150.05 | $114.47 |
| Margin of safety | −5.2% | 8.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.2% | 10.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.2% | 18.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 28.7% | 33.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 37.2% (better) | 29.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.9% | 29.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 38.3% (better) | 34.3% |
| FCF margin | 33.9% | 55.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 16.2% (better) | 10.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.22 (better) | 0.20 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.6% (better) | 1.8% |
| Payout ratio | 19.8% | 26.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 | 14 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 12.6% (better) | 3.9% |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.6% | 6.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 88.3% |
| Held by insiders | 2.0% | 1.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$14.3M | −$7.7M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 3.8% |
Go deeper
- BPOP stock overview
- BPOP income statement
- BPOP valuation and score
- SSB stock overview
- SSB income statement
- SSB valuation and score
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