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

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

Provident Financial declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 15th. View Provident Financial's Dividend History.

Provident Financial announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Tuesday, June 20th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase 390,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) released its earnings results on Monday, January, 28th. The financial services provider reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $13.43 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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.

2 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Provident Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Provident Financial's stock price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.5% 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 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Provident Financial.

Press coverage about PROV stock has been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a news impact score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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

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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 $19.91.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of $149.52 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 320 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]