NASDAQ:PFIS - Peoples Financial Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Peoples Financial Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PFIS."

Peoples Financial Services declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.82%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. This is a positive change from Peoples Financial Services's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. View Peoples Financial Services' Dividend History.

Peoples Financial Services Corp (NASDAQ:PFIS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter. The financial services provider had revenue of $22.92 million for the quarter. Peoples Financial Services had a net margin of 25.40% and a return on equity of 9.41%. View Peoples Financial Services' Earnings History.

Peoples Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Peoples Financial Services.

Press coverage about PFIS stock has been trending very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment 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 public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Peoples Financial Services earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Peoples Financial Services.

Peoples Financial Services saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,300 shares, a decline of 9.4% from the December 15th total of 21,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Peoples Financial Services' Current Options Chain.

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Peoples Financial Services' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peoples Financial Services CORP. (4.34%), FNY Investment Advisers LLC (0.11%) and Sabal Trust CO (0.10%). Company insiders that own Peoples Financial Services stock include Debra E Adams, Joseph Ferretti, Richard S Lochen Jr, Ronald G Kukuchka, Thomas P Tulaney and William E Aubrey II. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Peoples Financial Services.

PFIS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peoples Financial Services CORP. and Sabal Trust CO. Company insiders that have sold Peoples Financial Services company stock in the last year include Debra E Adams and Joseph Ferretti. View Insider Buying and Selling for Peoples Financial Services.

PFIS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FNY Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have bought Peoples Financial Services stock in the last two years include Richard S Lochen Jr, Ronald G Kukuchka, Thomas P Tulaney and William E Aubrey II. View Insider Buying and Selling for Peoples Financial Services.

Shares of PFIS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PFIS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.70.

Peoples Financial Services has a market capitalization of $367.28 million and generates $98.32 million in revenue each year. Peoples Financial Services employs 390 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Peoples Financial Services.

The official website for Peoples Financial Services is http://www.psbt.com/.

Peoples Financial Services' mailing address is 150 N WASHINGTON AVE, SCRANTON PA, 18503. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 570-346-7741.