FBP stock rated a Buy by Truist

In a filing, First Bancorp PR revealed its Officer Donald L. Kafka acquired Company’s shares for reported $21970.0 on Oct 06 ’25. In the deal valued at $21.97 per share,1,000 shares were bought.

Then, ALEMAN AURELIO sold 50,000 shares, generating $1,114,925 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $22.30, the President and CEO now owns 1,059,547 shares.

Before that, ALEMAN AURELIO bought 50,000 shares. First Bancorp PR shares valued at $1,100,000 were divested by the Officer at a price of $22.00 per share.

Truist initiated its First Bancorp PR [FBP] rating to a Buy in a research note published on October 09, 2025; the price target was $25. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early April from “an Equal weight” to “an Overweight”. Hovde Group also remained covering FBP and reiterated its “an Outperform” recommendation on October 25, 2024.

Price Performance Review of FBP

On Tuesday, First Bancorp PR [NYSE:FBP] saw its stock jump 2.79% to $22.13. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.22%. First Bancorp PR shares have risen nearly 8.75% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 19.04% over the past one year.

How much short interest is there in First Bancorp PR?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in First Bancorp PR stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 0.46 million shares to a total of 4.18 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 3.72 million shares. There was a rise of 11.04%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on July 24, 2024 when Hovde Group resumed its ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $25.

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