NYSE:PFSProvident Financial Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Provident Financial Services' stock was trading at $16.28 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PFS shares have decreased by 16.8% and is now trading at $13.55. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Provident Financial Services 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 Services.

Provident Financial Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Provident Financial Services.

Provident Financial Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFS) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The savings and loans company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.11. The savings and loans company had revenue of $88.17 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $87.96 million. Provident Financial Services had a net margin of 22.18% and a return on equity of 6.89%. Provident Financial Services's revenue was down 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.48 earnings per share. View Provident Financial Services' earnings history.

Provident Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Provident Financial Services' dividend history.

2 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Provident Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Provident Financial Services' share price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 91.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Provident Financial Services.

Media stories about PFS stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Provident Financial Services earned a media sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Provident Financial Services.

Provident Financial Services saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,320,000 shares, a decline of 5.0% from the May 31st total of 1,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 399,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Provident Financial Services' Current Options Chain.

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Provident Financial Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PFS."

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One share of PFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.55.

Provident Financial Services has a market capitalization of $893.08 million and generates $435.26 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $112.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.74 on an earnings per share basis. Provident Financial Services employs 1,015 workers across the globe.

The official website for Provident Financial Services is www.provident.bank.

Provident Financial Services' mailing address is 239 Washington Street, JERSEY CITY NJ, 07306. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 732-590-9200 or via email at [email protected]