Popular (BPOP) reported $823.84 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.1%. EPS of $3.38 for the same period compares to $2.51 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.1% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $814.9 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.02, the EPS surprise was +11.8%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Popular performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Mortgage banking activities: $3.62 million compared to the $4.95 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Net Interest Income: $657.55 million compared to the $653.47 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Service charges on deposit accounts: $38.91 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $38.49 million.
- Total non-interest income: $166.29 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $163.38 million.
- Other operating income: $19.35 million compared to the $19 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Other service fees: $106.51 million compared to the $100.84 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Popular have returned -2.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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