Popular, Inc. · BPOP · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026
Popular maintains 2026 outlook after strong 2025 performance
The supplied analysis supports a constructive but conditional view: Popular enters 2026 with strong 2025 earnings, solid capital, stable credit metrics, and maintained growth guidance. The case depends on executing digital and efficiency initiatives while managing funding costs, credit exposure, and Puerto Rico-related uncertainty.
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What changed
The current analysis shifts the focus from prior-quarter execution to the 2026 framework: management maintained guidance, highlighted digital platform deployment and cloud transformation, and emphasized deposit growth, expense discipline, and selective capital returns.
Guidance delta
Management maintained its outlook: 3–4% 2026 loan growth, 5–7% NII growth with continued margin expansion, and a ROC fee above 14%.
Key takeaways
- Management reported 2025 net income growth of 36%, with 6% loan growth and stable credit metrics.
- The 2026 outlook calls for 3–4% loan growth and 5–7% NII growth, with continued margin expansion.
- Digital platform rollouts, expense discipline, capital strength, and deposit growth remain central to the plan.
Management priorities
- Deploy commercial cash management and consumer credit origination platforms.
- Complete ERP cloud transformation and other efficiency initiatives.
- Expand the core deposit franchise while evaluating tightly screened U.S. niche M&A.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 24, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
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| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Nov 28, 2017 |
| BTIG Research | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Oct 31, 2017 |
| BTIG | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Compass Point | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Nov 18, 2016 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Merion Capital Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 26, 2016 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 3, 2015 |
| Stifel | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 3, 2015 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jul 27, 2015 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Sell | Upgrade | Mar 23, 2015 |
| Sterne Agee | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 3, 2015 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $159.24. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $195 | $156.3 | +22.5% | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $200 | $174.04 | +25.6% | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Neuberger Berman | Brandon Berman | $181 | $171.98 | +13.7% | Jul 28, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | George Cassidy | $181 | $170.88 | +13.7% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $170.88 | +19.3% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Benchmark Co. | Analyst unavailable | $201 | $169 | +26.2% | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Manuel Navas | $190 | $167.19 | +19.3% | Jun 26, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $170 | $148.42 | +6.8% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $142 | $141.47 | -10.8% | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $156 | $136.69 | -2.0% | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $152 | $126.21 | -4.5% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Arren Cyganovich | $153 | $125.82 | -3.9% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | George Cassidy | $96 | $89.73 | -39.7% | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Barclays | Jared Shaw | $104 | $89.73 | -34.7% | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Benjamin Gerlinger | $123 | $102.15 | -22.8% | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Barclays | Jared Shaw | $115 | $99.37 | -27.8% | Jul 25, 2024 |
| UBS | Erika Najarian | $92 | $86.78 | -42.2% | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $105 | $78.57 | -34.1% | Apr 27, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationPopular, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services encompassing retail, mortgage, and commercial banking. These operations extend across Puerto Rico, the United States, and the British Virgin Islands. The company provides various deposit options, including interest-bearing accounts such as savings, NOW, and money market accounts, alongside non-interest-bearing demand deposits and certificates of deposit. Its diverse lending activities include commercial and industrial financing, loans for multi-family and commercial real estate, and residential mortgage products.…
Historical context
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Latest beats and misses
Who reports nextBeat on EPS
- FIXFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026+8.2% EPS-8.5% move
- DECKFY2027 Q2 · October 22, 2026+13.4% EPS-0.2% move
- OMCFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026+2.2% EPS+2.6% move
- SSNCFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026+0.6% EPS+2.8% move
- BEFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026+36.0% EPS-8.7% move
- ROPFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026+1.7% EPS+9.7% move
Missed on EPS
- BBDFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-7.7% EPS+3.0% move
- SNAFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-5.9% EPS-3.4% move
- SPOTFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-11.6% EPS+11.1% move
- VRSNFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-2.0% EPS-0.9% move
- HBANMFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-5.3% EPS+0.5% move
- HBANPFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-5.3% EPS0.0% move
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Sources
- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-23T23:30:40.009659+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-23T23:30:40.005564+00:00
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