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

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

Provident Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, December 11th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View Provident Financial's Dividend History.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.65 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.80 million. Provident Financial had a net margin of 9.64% and a return on equity of 4.24%. View Provident Financial's Earnings History.

Provident Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Provident Financial.

2 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Provident Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Provident Financial's share price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% 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 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Provident Financial.

Media coverage about PROV stock has trended extremely negative on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Provident Financial.

Provident Financial saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 55,700 shares, a decline of 11.2% from the October 31st total of 62,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Provident Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Provident Financial include People's United Financial (PBCT), TFS Financial (TFSL), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB).

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Provident Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (1.05%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.76%) and Barclays PLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Provident Financial stock include Craig G Blunden, David Weiant and Donavon P Ternes. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Provident Financial.

PROV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barclays PLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Provident Financial.

PROV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PROV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.82.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of $163.61 million and generates $56.89 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.58 on an earnings per share basis. Provident Financial employs 320 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Provident Financial.

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]