Are Provident Financial Services Inc (PFS) stocks a prudent buy?

Provident Financial Services Inc [PFS] stock is trading at $17.06, up 2.16%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The PFS shares have gain 5.05% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.22%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Provident Financial Services Inc [NYSE: PFS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 13, 2024, when Hovde Group initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $25. Previously, Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to Outperform on August 15, 2024, and elevated its price target to $21. On April 22, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $20 on the stock. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to a Overweight but stick to its price target of $20 on August 22, 2023. Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $26 remained the price target by the analyst firm on August 19, 2022. RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on March 05, 2021, and upped its price target to $26. In a note dated March 13, 2020, Boenning & Scattergood upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock.

Provident Financial Services Inc [PFS] stock has fluctuated between $13.07 and $22.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $20 within the next 12 months. Provident Financial Services Inc [NYSE: PFS] shares were valued at $17.06 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 17.23% based on the average PFS price forecast.

Analyzing the PFS fundamentals

Provident Financial Services Inc [NYSE:PFS] reported sales of 1.29B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 80.13%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.92% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.3%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.03.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 16.88 points at the first support level, and at 16.71 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 17.20, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 17.34.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Provident Financial Services Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.73, the price to book ratio is 0.84 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.38.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P, Executive Chairman, that happened on Jun 11 ’25 when 55668.0 shares were sold. Director, MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P completed a deal on Jun 11 ’25 to buy 55668.0 shares. Meanwhile, Pres/CEO Prov Protection Plus LISTA GEORGE bought 1000.0 shares on Mar 13 ’25.

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