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Peoples Financial Services (PFIS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$72.69 -0.16 (-0.22%)
Closing price 11/13/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$72.40 -0.29 (-0.40%)
As of 11/13/2026 04:15 PM Eastern
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About Peoples Financial Services Stock (NASDAQ:PFIS)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$72.18
▼
$72.93
50-Day Range
$67.25
▼
$74.92
52-Week Range
$46.07
▼
$76.49
Volume
33,116 shs
Average Volume
66,159 shs
Market Capitalization
$727.63 million
P/E Ratio
12.03
Dividend Yield
3.44%
Price Target
$65.50
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Peoples Financial Services Corp. is a bank holding company whose principal subsidiary, Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company, provides community banking services. The company serves individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, with a presence across northeastern and central Pennsylvania.

Its services include checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, residential mortgages, consumer loans, and commercial lending. Customers can also access online and mobile banking and business cash-management services.

Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company also offers trust and wealth-management services, including financial planning and investment-related services. Through its community banking model, the company serves both personal and business banking needs.

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Peoples Financial Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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77th Percentile Overall Score

PFIS MarketRank™: 
3.8321980613 of 5 stars

Peoples Financial Services scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 384th out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Peoples Financial Services has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Downside Risk

    Peoples Financial Services has a consensus price target of $65.50, representing about 9.9% downside from its current price of $72.69.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Peoples Financial Services has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Peoples Financial Services' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Peoples Financial Services are expected to grow by 16.64% in the coming year, from $6.37 to $7.43 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Peoples Financial Services is 11.81, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.93.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Peoples Financial Services is 11.81, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.30.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Peoples Financial Services has a P/B Ratio of 1.37. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Peoples Financial Services' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.59% of the float of Peoples Financial Services has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Peoples Financial Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.9.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Peoples Financial Services has recently decreased by 10.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Peoples Financial Services pays a meaningful dividend of 3.43%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Peoples Financial Services has been increasing its dividend for 8 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Peoples Financial Services is 41.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Peoples Financial Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.65% next year. This indicates that Peoples Financial Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Peoples Financial Services' dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Peoples Financial Services has a news sentiment score of 0.60. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Peoples Financial Services this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for PFIS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Peoples Financial Services insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $517,624.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    8.20% of the stock of Peoples Financial Services is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    31.67% of the stock of Peoples Financial Services is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Peoples Financial Services' insider trading history.
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PFIS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Peoples Financial Services' stock was trading at $48.71 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PFIS shares have increased by 49.2% and is now trading at $72.69.

Peoples Financial Services Corp. (NASDAQ:PFIS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.19. The financial services provider had revenue of $52.97 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $53.80 million. Peoples Financial Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.75% and a net margin of 20.51%.

Peoples Financial Services' top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.80%), Peoples Financial Services CORP. (0.89%), Commonwealth Equity Services LLC (0.80%) and Empowered Funds LLC (0.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Ronald G Kukuchka, Richard S Lochen Jr, Jeffrey A Drobins, James P Chiaro and James B Nicholas.
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Shares of PFIS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Peoples Financial Services investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer (ET), American Electric Power (AEP), Astec Industries (ASTE), Aflac (AFL), Caterpillar (CAT) and Chevron (CVX).

Company Calendar

Record date for 9/15 Dividend
8/31/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend
8/31/2026
Dividend Payable
9/15/2026
Last Earnings
10/30/2026
Today
11/13/2026
Record date for 12/15 Dividend
11/30/2026
Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend
11/30/2026
Dividend Payable
12/15/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
1/29/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Banks
Sub-Industry
Regional Banks
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PFIS
CIK
1056943
Employees
583
Year Founded
1926

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$75.00
Low Price Target
$56.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-9.9%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.25
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$6.04
Trailing P/E Ratio
11.81
Forward P/E Ratio
9.78
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$59.19 million
Net Margins
20.51%
Pretax Margin
25.04%
Return on Equity
11.75%
Return on Assets
1.14%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.48
Current Ratio
0.99
Quick Ratio
0.99

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$283.67 million
Price / Sales
2.57
Cash Flow
$5.51 per share
Price / Cash Flow
13.20
Book Value
$52.87 per share
Price / Book
1.37

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
10,010,000
Free Float
9,191,000
Market Cap
$727.63 million
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.77

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This page (NASDAQ:PFIS) was last updated on 11/13/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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