Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Popular Inc shares valued at $2,240,605 were sold by MONZON GILBERTO on Sep 02 ’25. At $124.47 per share, MONZON GILBERTO sold 18,001 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 24,773 shares worth approximately $2.97 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Ignacio Alvarez purchased 34,583 shares, netting a total of over 4,055,203 in proceeds.
Before that, Burckhart Camille had sold 7,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $728,980, the Executive Vice President traded Popular Inc shares for $104.14 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,000 shares, worth approximately $3.29 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Truist on October 09, 2025, Popular Inc [BPOP] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $153. Analysts at Hovde Group resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of June 18, 2025, Hovde Group has reiterated its “an Outperform” rating for BPOP. Earlier on April 24, 2025, Hovde Group resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for BPOP stock.
Analyzing BPOP Stock Performance
On last trading session, Popular Inc [NASDAQ: BPOP] plunged -3.34% to $119.99. The stock’s lowest price that day was $119.94, but it reached a high of $125.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.63%. Over the course of the year, Popular Inc shares have jumped approximately 19.31%.
Is Popular Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Popular Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by -0.39 million shares to 1.41 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 1.8 million shares. A decline of -27.91% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.67 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.67.
Which companies own the most shares of Popular Inc (BPOP)?
In terms of Popular Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 153 in the next 12 months, up nearly 23.25% from the previous closing price of $124.14. Analysts anticipate Popular Inc stock to reach 153 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 153. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Popular Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 09, 2025, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $100.
