NASDAQ:PROV - Provident Financial Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

Provident Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PROV."

Provident Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, September 11th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 20th. View Provident Financial's Dividend History.

Provident Financial declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, June 20th 2017, which allows the company to buyback 390,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.07. The financial services provider had revenue of $13.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $15.10 million. Provident Financial had a return on equity of 4.91% and a net margin of 3.30%. View Provident Financial's Earnings History.

Provident Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Provident Financial.

2 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Provident Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Provident Financial's stock price to reach $19.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Provident Financial.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Provident Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Provident Financial.

Some companies that are related to Provident Financial include Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (OH) Common Stock (FMAO), Charter Financial Corp (Maryland) (CHFN), Clifton Bancorp (CSBK), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), NASB Financial (NASB), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), PDL Community Bancorp (PDLB), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), BankFinancial (BFIN), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI) and North Dallas Bank Trust (NODB).

News coverage about PROV stock has been trending positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.46 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 50.50 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Provident Financial.

Provident Financial's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.67%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.19%), M3F Inc. (5.00%), BlackRock Inc. (4.94%), Raffles Associates LP (4.82%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.54%). Company insiders that own Provident Financial stock include Craig G Blunden, David Weiant, Debbi Guthrie, Donavon P Ternes, Lilian Brunner-Salter and Roy Taylor. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Provident Financial.

PROV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Raffles Associates LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Federated Investors Inc. PA. Company insiders that have sold Provident Financial company stock in the last year include Craig G Blunden, David Weiant, Donavon P Ternes, Lilian Brunner-Salter and Roy Taylor. View Insider Buying and Selling for Provident Financial.

PROV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Paloma Partners Management Co, M3F Inc., LMR Partners LLP, Beese Fulmer Investment Management Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Bank of America Corp DE. View Insider Buying and Selling for Provident Financial.

Shares of PROV 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PROV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.35.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of $135.49 million and generates $64.61 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.70 on an earnings per share basis. Provident Financial employs 464 workers across the globe.

Provident Financial's mailing address is 3756 CENTRAL AVE, RIVERSIDE CA, 92506. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 951-686-6060 or via email at [email protected]