By Amira McKee
Shares of Popular jumped after the company posted a higher profit in its fourth fiscal quarter.
The stock rose 5% in Tuesday afternoon trading, on pace for its largest percent increase since April 2025. The shares have climbed 24% in the last year.
The banking and financial services company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $233.9 million, or $3.53 per share, compared with $177.8 million, or $2.51 per share, a year earlier.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations of $3.04 cents per share, according to FactSet.
For the full year 2025, Popular posted a profit of $833.2 million, compared with $614.2 million in 2024. Analysts polled by FactSet were looking for $800 million.
Write to Amira McKee at amira.mckee@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 27, 2026 14:06 ET (19:06 GMT)
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