LON:PFGProvident Financial Share Price, Forecast & News

Provident Financial's stock was trading at GBX 319.80 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PFG shares have decreased by 38.7% and is now trading at GBX 196. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Provident Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Provident Financial.

Provident Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Provident Financial.

Provident Financial announced a dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 2nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 16 per share on Friday, May 22nd. This represents a yield of 3.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 2nd. This is a positive change from Provident Financial's previous dividend of GBX 9. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Provident Financial's dividend history.

10 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Provident Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 195 to GBX 550. On average, they expect Provident Financial's stock price to reach GBX 364.78 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 86.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Provident Financial.

Media coverage about PFG stock has trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a news impact score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutProvident Financial.

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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), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), Aviva (AV), BHP Group (BHP), Capita (CPI) and IQE (IQE).

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

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 196.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of £497.09 million and generates £589.40 million in revenue each year. Provident Financial employs 5,708 workers across the globe.

The official website for Provident Financial is 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.