Popular, Inc. (BPOP) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $145.89, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Single-region cliff: 77% exposure to Puerto Rico (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Puerto Rico (77.0%).
Popular, Inc. is Puerto Rico's largest financial institution by total assets, operating Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Popular Bank (US mainland) across consumer banking, commercial banking, and leasing segments. Puerto Rico accounts for 77% of assets and is the company's... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $145.89, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Single-region cliff: 77% exposure to Puerto Rico (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Puerto Rico (77.0%). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 63d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and finsvc regional cliff hard block. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Popular, Inc.
Latest news
- Popular (BPOP) is a Top Dividend Stock Right Now: Should You Buy? - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- Will Popular (BPOP) beat estimates again in its next earnings report? - MSN — MSN positive
- Barclays Raises Price Target for Popular (BPOP) to $180 With Ove - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- UBS Upgrades BPOP Rating and Raises Price Target to $160 | BPOP Stock News - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) Upgraded at UBS Group - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHGeographicPuerto Rico77%10-K Item 1A: 'Puerto Rico, which accounted for 77% of our assets and 79%'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-08Item 5.02LOWManuel A. Chinea appointed EVP and Chief Experience and Administration Services Officer of Popular, Inc. effective July 1, 2026, transitioning from COO of Popular Bank. Internal promotion with clean handoff; no departures.SEC filing →
- 2026-02-27Item 5.02LOWDirector Myrna M. Soto will not stand for re-election at the 2026 Annual Meeting. Board size to be reduced from 12 to 11. No disagreement with operations cited.SEC filing →
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $145.89, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Single-region cliff: 77% exposure to Puerto Rico (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Puerto Rico (77.0%). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $148.96 (+2.1%), stop $139.85 (−4.3%), A.R:R 0.4:1. Score 6.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $148.96 (+2.1% upside). Target $148.96 (+2.1%), stop $139.85 (−4.3%), A.R:R 0.4:1. Stop-loss: $139.85.
Single-region cliff: 77% exposure to Puerto Rico (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Puerto Rico (77.0%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining.
Popular, Inc. trades at a P/E of 10.8 (forward 8.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.3/10. Verdict: Hold.
15 analysts cover BPOP with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $171.
What does Popular, Inc. do?Popular, Inc. is Puerto Rico's largest financial institution by total assets, operating Banco Popular de Puerto Rico...
Popular, Inc. is Puerto Rico's largest financial institution by total assets, operating Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Popular Bank (US mainland) across consumer banking, commercial banking, and leasing segments. Puerto Rico accounts for 77% of assets and is the company's primary market, exposing it to the island's economic conditions, federal funding levels, and fiscal challenges. Revenue is primarily net interest income with meaningful Evertec technology dependency.