LON:PFG - Provident Financial Share Price, Forecast & News

Provident Financial trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "PFG."

Provident Financial announced a dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 15th will be given a dividend of GBX 9 per share on Thursday, September 26th. This represents a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 15th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Provident Financial's Dividend History.

9 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Provident Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 378 to GBX 650. On average, they anticipate Provident Financial's share price to reach GBX 515.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Provident Financial.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Provident Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Provident Financial.

News coverage about PFG stock has trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a news sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Provident Financial.

Some companies that are related to Provident Financial include Hypoport (HYQ), Credit Corp Group (CCP), ZIP (Z1P), ECN Capital (ECN), EML Payments (EML), goeasy (GSY), IMF Bentham (IMF), Alaris Royalty (AD), FlexiGroup (FXL), Money3 (MNY), Funding Circle (FCH), Amigo (AMGO), International Personal Finance (IPF), ASA International Group (ASAI) and S & U (SUS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Provident Financial investors own include Phoenix Group (PHNX), Aberdeen Asset Management (ADN), Berkeley Group (BKG), Ashtead Group (AHT), HSBC (HSBA), BHP Group (BHP), NMC Health (NMC), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), San Leon Energy (SLE) and Workspace Group (WKP).

Shares of PFG and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of PFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 444.60.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of £1.13 billion and generates £646.80 million in revenue each year. Provident Financial employs 5,708 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Provident Financial.

The official website for Provident Financial is http://www.providentfinancial.com/.

Provident Financial's mailing address is No. 1 Godwin Street, BRADFORD, BD1 2SU, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1274-351351.