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

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

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

Provident Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Provident Financial.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Provident Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 378 to GBX 570. On average, they anticipate Provident Financial's stock price to reach GBX 496.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Provident Financial.

8 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Provident Financial.

News headlines about PFG stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Provident Financial.

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

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 469.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of £1.19 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.