Keeping an Eye on First Bancorp PR (FBP) After Insider Trading Activity

Daniel Torres

First Bancorp PR’s filing revealed that 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.

Keefe Bruyette downgraded its First Bancorp PR [FBP] rating to a Mkt perform from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Truist’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early October with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Wells Fargo also remained covering FBP and has increased its forecast on April 09, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Hovde Group maintained its rating on October 25, 2024. It rated FBP as “an Outperform”.

Price Performance Review of FBP

On Tuesday, First Bancorp PR [NYSE:FBP] saw its stock unchanged to $20.33. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.20%. First Bancorp PR shares have fallen nearly -2.82% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 9.36% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $22.60 was reached on 08/27/25, 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 20.18, which if violated will result in even more drops to 20.03. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 20.52. A further resistance level may holdings at 20.71.

How much short interest is there in First Bancorp PR?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in First Bancorp PR stocks on 2025-10-31, growing by 0.42 million shares to a total of 4.6 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-09-30 was 4.18 million shares. There was a rise of 9.14%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

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