NASDAQ:PROV - Provident Financial Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Provident Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 15th. View Provident Financial's Dividend History.

Provident Financial declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, June 20th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback 390,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 28th. The financial services provider reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $13.43 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.50 million. Provident Financial had a return on equity of 5.70% and a net margin of 11.15%. View Provident Financial's Earnings History.

Provident Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Provident Financial.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Provident Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect Provident Financial's share price to reach $21.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Provident Financial.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Provident Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Provident Financial.

News stories about PROV stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. 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 coverage optimism score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage 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 next few days.

Some companies that are related to Provident Financial include Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Hometrust Bancshares (HTBI), Access National (ANCX), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), NASB Financial (NASB), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (OH) (FMAO), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), BankFinancial (BFIN), PDL Community Bancorp (PDLB), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), North Dallas Bank Trust (NODB), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY) and BCB Bancorp (BCBP).

Provident Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.52%), M3F Inc. (5.89%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.47%), Millennium Management LLC (0.69%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.44%) and Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors LLC (0.20%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Paloma Partners Management Co, Bessemer Group Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Acadian Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Provident Financial company stock in the last year include Craig G Blunden, David Weiant and Donavon P Ternes. View Insider Buying and Selling for Provident Financial.

PROV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M3F Inc., Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors LLC and O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC. 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 $19.60.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of $147.20 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 376 workers across the globe.

The official website for Provident Financial is http://www.myprovident.com.

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]