NYSE: PFS
- Last Close 15.19
- Sector Financial Services
- Industry Banks - Regional
- Investment Style Small Value
- Day Range 15.06 – 15.31
- Year Range 14.54 – 24.58
- Market Cap 1.1474 Bil
- Volume / Avg 507,424.0 / 416,502.2
- Price / Sales 2.18
- Price / Book 0.69
- Forward Div Yield 5.84%
- Trailing Div Yield 6.32%
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Company Profile PFS
Business Description
Provident Financial Services Inc is the holding company for The Provident Bank, a community-oriented bank. The company provides a comprehensive array of financial products and services through its network of branches throughout northern and central New Jersey, and certain counties in Pennsylvania. The company's strategy emphasizes growing high-return businesses in nonstandard markets, and maintaining a secured capital structure. Commercial loans represent a plurality of the company's loans, followed by construction loans. The majority of the revenue-generating activities that are components of non-interest income are These revenue streams can generally be classified into three broad categories: wealth management revenue, insurance agency income, and banking service charges and other fees.
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Provident Financial Services Inc
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Price
| 15.19 | 9.92 | — | — |
Currency
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Change
| +$0.16 (1.06%) | −$0.01 (0.10%) | — | — |
Market Cap
| 1.15 Bil | 1.26 Bil | — | — |
Industry
| Banks - Regional | Banks - Regional | Banks - Regional | Banks - Regional |
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FAQs for Provident Financial Services Inc Stock
Yes. PFS has a forward dividend yield of 6.32%.
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PFS’s full dividends and stock split history
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Dividend yield allows investors, particularly those interested in dividend-paying stocks,
to compare the relationship between a stock’s price and how it rewards stockholders through dividends.
The formula for calculating dividend yield is to divide the annual dividend paid per share by the stock price.
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PFS’s market cap is 1.15 Bil.
Market capitalization is calculated by taking a company’s share price and multiplying it by the total number of shares.
It’s often used to measure a company’s size. In the Morningstar Style Box, large-cap names account for the
largest 70% of U.S. stocks, mid-cap names account for the largest 70–90%, and small-cap names are the remaining 10% of companies.
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PFS’s stock style is Small Value.
Style is an investment factor that has a meaningful impact on investment risk and returns.
Style is calculated by combining value and growth scores, which are first individually calculated.
High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.
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PFS’s price/sales is 2.18.
Price/sales represents the amount an investor is willing to pay for a dollar generated from
a particular company’s sales or revenues.
PFS’s price/forward earnings is 6.87.
Forward P/E gives some indication of how cheap or expensive a stock is compared with consensus earnings estimates.
The lower the Forward P/E, the cheaper the stock.
PFS’s price/book is 0.69.
Price/book ratio can tell investors approximately how much they’re paying for a company’s assets,
based on historical, rather than current, valuations. Historical valuations generally do not reflect
a company’s current market value. Value investors frequently look for companies that have low price/book ratios.
See PFS’s valuation ratios compared to the Market Index.
PFS’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
A stock’s beta measures how closely tied its price movements have been to the performance of the overall market.
Compare PFS’s historical performance against its industry peers and the overall market.