Popular Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

BPOP Stock  USD 101.80  2.84  2.87%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Popular is 'Strong Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Popular given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Popular. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Popular, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell PopularBuy Popular
Strong Hold

Market Performance

WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Hyperactively responds to market trendsDetails

Investor Sentiment

ImpartialDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Popular has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.027, Jensen Alpha of (0.20), Total Risk Alpha of (0.32), Sortino Ratio of (0.03) and Treynor Ratio of 0.0252
Macroaxis provides advice on Popular to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on Popular. Our recommendation engine determines the firm's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure Popular is not overpriced, please check all Popular fundamentals, including its price to book, book value per share, retained earnings, as well as the relationship between the net income and target price . Given that Popular has a number of shares shorted of 703.97 K, we recommend you to check out Popular market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your recent risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Popular Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Over 91.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
On 1st of October 2024 Popular paid $ 0.62 per share dividend to its current shareholders
Latest headline from independent.co.uk: Popular anxiety drug recalled over potentially life-threatening issue

Popular Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Popular's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Popular's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Popular daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Popular price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Popular returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Popular.
Mean Return
0.06
Value At Risk
-2.71
Potential Upside
2.46
Standard Deviation
2.39
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Popular historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Popular Stock Institutional Investors

The Popular's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase Popular's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc2024-09-30
1.3 M
Geode Capital Management, Llc2024-09-30
1.2 M
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-06-30
1.1 M
Principal Financial Group Inc2024-09-30
1.1 M
Frontier Capital Management Co Inc2024-09-30
965.6 K
Massachusetts Financial Services Company2024-09-30
902.9 K
Norges Bank2024-06-30
881.9 K
Aqr Capital Management Llc2024-06-30
859.8 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-09-30
713 K
Vanguard Group Inc2024-09-30
9.2 M
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2024-06-30
4.4 M
Note, although Popular's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Popular Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash(8.9M)102.8M(62.6M)41.6M(48.6M)(46.2M)
Free Cash Flow619.3M618.6M931.5M910.7M487.6M511.4M
Depreciation67.4M64.8M64.2M58.4M65.9M71.4M
Other Non Cash Items(477.6M)(434.2M)(1.0B)(479.5M)88.1M92.5M
Dividends Paid115.8M133.6M141.5M161.5M159.9M93.5M
Capital Expenditures86.0M60.2M73.7M103.8M208.0M218.4M
Net Income671.1M506.6M934.9M1.1B541.3M284.6M
End Period Cash Flow394.3M497.1M434.5M476.2M427.6M636.4M
Change To Inventory(153.5M)13.5M43.7M62.9M23.2M24.4M
Investments(5.2B)(3.9B)(5.0B)(4.3B)(282.1M)(296.3M)
Net Borrowings(223.6M)50.0M(192.4M)243.9M280.4M294.5M
Change To Netincome34.2M172.2M70.3M(88.1M)(79.3M)(75.3M)

Popular Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Popular or Banks sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Popular's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Popular stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.2
β
Beta against Dow Jones2.10
σ
Overall volatility
2.44
Ir
Information ratio -0.03

Popular Volatility Alert

Popular currently demonstrates below-average downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of -0.03 and Jensen Alpha of -0.2. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Popular's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Popular's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Popular Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Popular's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Popular's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Popular and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Popular or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Popular's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Popular by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Popular to competition
FundamentalsPopularPeer Average
Return On Equity0.1-0.31
Return On Asset0.0075-0.14
Profit Margin0.20 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.31 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation7.64 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding71.31 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders1.77 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions90.73 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted703.97 K4.71 M
Price To Earning6.35 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.22 X9.51 X
Price To Sales2.69 X11.42 X
Revenue2.64 B9.43 B
Gross Profit2.98 B27.38 B
EBITDA741.42 M3.9 B
Net Income541.34 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents2.05 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share28.17 X5.01 X
Total Debt1.14 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity6.01 %48.70 %
Book Value Per Share80.35 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations686.61 M971.22 M
Short Ratio1.30 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share7.36 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.75 X4.89 X
Target Price104.11
Number Of Employees9.25 K18.84 K
Beta0.81-0.15
Market Capitalization7.06 B19.03 B
Total Asset70.76 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings4.19 B9.33 B
Annual Yield0.03 %
Five Year Return2.43 %
Note: Acquisition by Rodriguez Jose Ramon of tradable shares of Popular subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Popular Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Popular . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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