Puerto Rican financial institution Popular (NASDAQ: BPOP) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Popular beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $800 million, up 9% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ net interest income estimates.
Is Popular a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.
This quarter, analysts are expecting Popular’s revenue to grow 8.8% year on year to $801.6 million, improving from the 6.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.91 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Popular has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Popular’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. East West Bank delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 18.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 7.1%, and First Horizon reported revenues up 7.5%, topping estimates by 7.7%. First Horizon traded down 13.3% following the results.
Read our full analysis of East West Bank’s results here and First Horizon’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the regional banks stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.7% on average over the last month. Popular is down 7.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $145.56 (compared to the current share price of $117.63).
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