Beacon Equity Issues Technical Trading Overview for Popular Inc.

DALLAS, Sept. 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring financial company Popular Inc. (Nasdaq:BPOP). The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

The investment report on Popular Inc. (Nasdaq:BPOP) should be of particular interest to other financial companies: First Bancorp (NYSE:FBP), Santander Bancorp (NYSE:SBP) and W Holding Co. Inc. (NYSE:WHI).

It is available at: http://www.beaconequity.com/i/BPOP

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Popular Inc. (BPOP) operates more than 175 financial branches in Puerto Rico and eight branches in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Company holds the largest market share of bank deposits in Puerto Rico, and maintains approximately 600 automated teller machines. Its subsidiary, EVERTEC, processes more than one billion transactions in the Caribbean, Latin America and South America.

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In the report, the analyst notes:

"On August 19, 2009, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades BPOP to "Outperform," and raised its price target to $3.50. Keefe analysts revised its 2009 earnings per share estimates for the Company from a loss of $2.73 to a loss of $2.39 and to 25 cents from 30 cents for 2010.

"In early August, the Company completed a new issuance of common stock in exchange for the total outstanding preferred and trust preferred shares. The new stock issuance expands its common equity base and provides the Company additional time to work off its troubled assets on its balance sheet. The Company's solvency will be determined by the FDIC through recommendations of the U.S. Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Department of Treasury."

To read the entire report visit: http://www.beaconequity.com/i/BPOP

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