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. Shareholders 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 of this dividend is Thursday, August 15th. The official announcement can be seen 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 price targets for Provident Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 378 to GBX 570. On average, they anticipate Provident Financial's share price to reach GBX 496.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% 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.

Media coverage about PFG stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Provident Financial.

Some companies that are related to Provident Financial include Hypoport (HYQ), Credit Corp Group (CCP), ZIP (Z1P), EML Payments (EML), ECN Capital (ECN), IMF Bentham (IMF), goeasy (GSY), FlexiGroup (FXL), Alaris Royalty (AD), Money3 (MNY), International Personal Finance (IPF), Amigo (AMGO), 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 456.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of £1.16 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.