First Bancorp Ownership

FBP Stock  USD 18.42  0.11  0.60%   
First Bancorp holds a total of 163.87 Million outstanding shares. The majority of First Bancorp outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to obtain positions in First Bancorp to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in First Bancorp. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of First Bancorp as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Also note that almost one million eight hundred thirty-five thousand three hundred ten invesors are currently shorting First Bancorp expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
  
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First Stock Ownership Analysis

About 99.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.79. Some equities with similar Price to Book (P/B) outperform the market in the long run. First Bancorp has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.86. The entity last dividend was issued on the 21st of February 2025. The firm had 1:15 split on the 7th of January 2011. First BanCorp. operates as a bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico that provides various financial services for retail, commercial, and institutional clients. First BanCorp. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. First Bancorp operates under BanksRegional classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 3075 people. To learn more about First Bancorp call Aurelio AlemnBermudez at 787 729 8200 or check out https://www.1firstbank.com.

First Bancorp Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific First Bancorp insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on First Bancorp's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases First Bancorp insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.
 
Diaz-bento Lilian 3 days ago
Disposition of 1876 shares by Diaz-bento Lilian of First Bancorp at 18.26 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Acosta Reboyras Juan few days ago
Disposition of 51713 shares by Acosta Reboyras Juan of First Bancorp subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Berges Gonzalez Orlando over two weeks ago
Disposition of 1910 shares by Berges Gonzalez Orlando of First Bancorp at 17.54 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Mcdonald Michael over two weeks ago
Disposition of 1944 shares by Mcdonald Michael of First Bancorp at 21.51 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Power Carlos over a month ago
Disposition of 10321 shares by Power Carlos of First Bancorp at 20.75 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Power Carlos over a month ago
Disposition of 45797 shares by Power Carlos of First Bancorp at 20.77 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Power Carlos over two months ago
Disposition of 10657 shares by Power Carlos of First Bancorp subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Aleman Aurelio over three months ago
Disposition of 5000 shares by Aleman Aurelio of First Bancorp subject to Rule 16b-3
 
John Heffern over three months ago
Disposition of 15000 shares by John Heffern of First Bancorp at 20.5338 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Donald Kafka over three months ago
Disposition of 80000 shares by Donald Kafka of First Bancorp at 21.8935 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Aleman Aurelio over three months ago
Disposition of 50000 shares by Aleman Aurelio of First Bancorp at 21.6392 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Lopez-lay Ginoris over three months ago
Disposition of 64000 shares by Lopez-lay Ginoris of First Bancorp at 21.7524 subject to Rule 16b-3

First Bancorp Outstanding Bonds

First Bancorp issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. First Bancorp uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most First bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when First Bancorp has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Pair Trading with First Bancorp

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if First Bancorp position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in First Bancorp will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

Moving together with First Stock

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Moving against First Stock

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to First Bancorp could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace First Bancorp when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back First Bancorp - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling First Bancorp to buy it.
The correlation of First Bancorp is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as First Bancorp moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if First Bancorp moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for First Bancorp can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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