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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Popular, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Popular, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026 44 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Popular, Inc. reported Q4 2025 net income of $233.9 million and EPS of $3.53, with full-year net income up 36% year over year to $833.2 million, driven by higher net interest income, expanding NIM, strong loan growth and lower operating expenses.

Credit quality 22 Loan growth and guidance 19 Net interest income and margin 12 Puerto Rico economy 8 Capital and shareholder returns 5 Digital and technology investment 5

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +72 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “Our annual net income of $833 million increased by $219 million or 36% compared to 2024.”
  • “We are very pleased to have exceeded a 14% ROTCE for the quarter and a 13% ROTCE for the full year, demonstrating significant progress in our efforts to improve our sustainable returns towards our 14% objective.”
  • “Credit quality generally remained stable throughout 2025, aside from a couple of isolated commercial credit relationships in the third quarter.”
  • “We continue to believe that our shares are attractive at current prices.”

Forward guidance

2 guided metrics

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Research coverage

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Net income · derived Q4 $233.90M +31.5% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Q4 net income of $234 million and EPS of $3.53, up $23 million and $0.38 respectively from Q3
  • Full-year 2025 net income of $833 million, up $219 million or 36% versus 2024
  • Net interest margin expanded 10bps QoQ to 3.61% (3.51% in Q3); fully tax-equivalent margin improved 13bps to 4.03%
  • Loan growth of $641 million in Q4, bringing 2025 total loan growth to $2.2 billion (up 6%); 2026 loan growth guided to 3-4%
  • Net charge-offs declined 16bps for the year to 52bps; Q4 NCO ratio of 0.51% vs. 0.60% in Q3
  • Annual net interest income increased by $259 million or 11% in 2025

Risks & pressure points

  • Credit quality outlook flagged isolated commercial credit relationships in Q3 2025
  • Q4 2025 results included a partial reversal of the FDIC special assessment reserve of $9.7 million, net of tax
  • Non-interest income decreased to $166.3 million in Q4 from $171.2 million in Q3
  • Deposits declined $323.3 million QoQ to $66.2 billion
  • Money market and investment securities declined $330.6 million QoQ to $32.8 billion, with average quarterly balances down $1.2 billion
  • Management cited inflation risk and the pending PREPA bankruptcy/electric power authority situation as concerns that could affect Puerto Rico's economic growth

Key moments

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“We anticipate 2026 NII will increase 5% to 7%, driven by continued reinvestment of lower-yielding securities and loan originations in the current rate environment, as well as lower cost of Puerto Rico public deposits and online deposits at Popular Bank.” Jorge Garcia, CFO
“For 2026, we expect consolidated loan growth of 3% to 4%.” Jorge Garcia, CFO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Jan 27, 2026.

Metric Guided
Non-Interest Income
per quarter
$160M – $165M

Guidance from the call

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Metric Guided
Consolidated loan growth
2026
0.03% – 0.04%

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Dividend / share
$0.75
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