LON:PFGProvident Financial Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Provident Financial plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 161.60 -10.30 (-5.99 %) (As of 04/5/2020 05:16 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 158.20Now: GBX 161.60▼ 176.5950-Day Range 161.60MA: GBX 331.53▼ 474.8052-Week Range 126.87Now: GBX 161.60▼ 561.80Volume612,823 shsAverage Volume1.31 million shsMarket Capitalization£409.46 millionP/E Ratio4.88Dividend Yield9.87%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendInsider TradesHeadlinesOptions Chain Provident Financial plc provides personal credit products to the non-standard lending market in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company offers credit cards; consumer credit, including unsecured and online instalment loans; and finance for cars and light commercial vehicles. It serves 2.5 million customers through its network of branches, call centers, and Websites. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Bradford, the United Kingdom.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 4.2 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingProvident Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 432.88, Provident Financial has a potential upside of 167.9% from its current price of GBX 161.60.Amount of Analyst CoverageProvident Financial has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.1 Community Rank Outperform VotesProvident Financial has received 449 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesProvident Financial has received 616 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentProvident Financial has received 57.84% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Provident Financial and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe PFG will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe PFG will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipProvident Financial is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.87%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthProvident Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Provident Financial is 0.76 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Provident Financial insiders have not sold or bought any company stock. Previous Next 1.9 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Provident Financial are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 6,186 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Provident Financial is 4.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 10.46.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Provident Financial is 4.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 10.19.Price to Book Value per Share RatioProvident Financial has a P/B Ratio of 0.55. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 4.2Community Rank: 2.1Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 1.9 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.14 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Credit Services Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolLON:PFG Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webhttp://www.providentfinancial.com/ Phone+44-1274-351351Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio275.73 Current Ratio4.27 Quick Ratio4.23Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio4.88 Forward P/E Ratio0.03 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£589.40 million Price / Sales0.69 Cash FlowGBX 107.10 per share Price / Cash Flow1.51 Book ValueGBX 292.10 per share Price / Book0.55Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees5,708 Outstanding Shares253,379,008Market Cap£409.46 million Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableOptionable Receive PFG News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PFG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. LSE:PFG Rates by TradingView Provident Financial (LON:PFG) Frequently Asked Questions How has Provident Financial's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Provident Financial's stock was trading at GBX 319.80 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PFG stock has decreased by 49.5% and is now trading at GBX 161.60. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Provident Financial. How often does Provident Financial pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Provident Financial? Provident Financial declared a dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Stockholders 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 boost from Provident Financial's previous dividend of $9.00. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Provident Financial's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for PFG? 9 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Provident Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 240 to GBX 570. On average, they anticipate Provident Financial's share price to reach GBX 432.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 167.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Provident Financial. Has Provident Financial been receiving favorable news coverage? Media headlines about PFG stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutProvident Financial. Who are some of Provident Financial's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Provident Financial include Hypoport (HYQ), ECN Capital (ECN), IMF Bentham (IMF), EML Payments (EML), Credit Corp Group (CCP), ZIP (Z1P), goeasy (GSY), Alaris Royalty (AD), FlexiGroup (FXL), Fairfx Group (FFX), Money3 (MNY), Turners Automotive Group (TRA), Funding Circle (FCH), S & U (SUS) and Pioneer Credit (PNC). What other stocks do shareholders of Provident Financial own? 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). Who are Provident Financial's key executives? Provident Financial's management team includes the following people: Mr. Malcolm John Le May, Group CEO & Director (Age 61)Mr. Simon George Thomas, CFO & Director (Leave of Absence) (Age 55)Mr. Tony Skrzypecki, Interim Chief Financial OfficerMr. Greg Cant, Director of Corp. Fin. & Devel.Mr. Steven A. Grigg, Interim Group Chief Information & Technology Officer (Age 70) What is Provident Financial's stock symbol? Provident Financial trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "PFG." How do I buy shares of Provident Financial? 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. What is Provident Financial's stock price today? One share of PFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 161.60. How big of a company is Provident Financial? Provident Financial has a market capitalization of £409.46 million and generates £589.40 million in revenue each year. Provident Financial employs 5,708 workers across the globe. View additional information about Provident Financial. What is Provident Financial's official website? The official website for Provident Financial is http://www.providentfinancial.com/. How can I contact Provident Financial? 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. This page was last updated on 4/5/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Consumer Price Index (CPI)
