First Bancorp PR’s recent filing unveils that its President and CEO ALEMAN AURELIO unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.47 million on Jun 11 ’25. In the deal valued at $20.52 per share,22,871 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, ALEMAN AURELIO now holds 1,109,547 shares worth roughly $23.11 million.
Then, HERENCIA ROBERTO R sold 14,738 shares, generating $300,912 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $20.42, the Director now owns 637,207 shares.
Before that, ALEMAN AURELIO bought 50,000 shares. First Bancorp PR shares valued at $1,025,000 were divested by the Officer at a price of $20.50 per share.
Wells Fargo upgraded its First Bancorp PR [FBP] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal weight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Hovde Group’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in late October has reiterated a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for it. Hovde Group maintained its rating on July 24, 2024. It rated FBP as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of FBP
On Monday, First Bancorp PR [NYSE:FBP] saw its stock fall -0.24% to $20.83. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.61%. First Bancorp PR shares have risen nearly 16.96% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 12.05% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $22.40 was reached on 01/30/25, a 52-week low of $16.40 was recorded on 04/07/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For FBP Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 20.73, which if violated will result in even more drops to 20.64. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 21.02. A further resistance level may holdings at 21.22.
How much short interest is there in First Bancorp PR?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in First Bancorp PR stocks on 2025-06-13, growing by 0.39 million shares to a total of 3.7 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-15 was 3.31 million shares. There was a rise of 10.65%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 09, 2024 when Raymond James began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating along with a $21 price target.
