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 Monday, October 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Thursday, December 6th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.22%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 14th. View Provident Financial's Dividend History.

Provident Financial announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, June 20th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase 390,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) posted its earnings results on Monday, October, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.24. The financial services provider had revenue of $13.91 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.50 million. Provident Financial had a net margin of 6.63% and a return on equity of 5.36%. View Provident Financial's Earnings History.

Provident Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Provident Financial.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Provident Financial's shares. Their predictions range from $19.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Provident Financial's stock price to reach $19.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% 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.

Media headlines about PROV stock have trended very positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial earned a media sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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

Provident Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.54%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.08%), M3F Inc. (5.44%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.48%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.52%) and Maltese Capital Management LLC (0.33%). 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 Paloma Partners Management Co, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M3F Inc., Maltese Capital Management LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 $17.41.

Provident Financial has a market capitalization of $129.72 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]