The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Provident Financial Services Inc (NYSE: PFS)

Provident Financial Services Inc (NYSE:PFS) currently has a daily average trading volume of 635.50K but it saw 970372 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.43B USD, the company’s current market price of $18.62 came rising about 1.58 while comparing to the previous closing price of $18.33. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $22.24 and as low as $14.34. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $18.32 while lowest mark touched by it was $18.71.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Raymond James which initiated the stock as “Strong Buy” in its note to investors issued on June 26, 2025, recommending a price target of $21 for it. Keefe Bruyette issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $20 and $21.

Over the week, PFS’s stock price is moving -0.90% down while it is 14.66% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 11.36% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -1.32%.

Currently, Provident Financial Services Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 130.66M with 2.98% of that held by the insiders while 70.01% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.06% and return on equity (ROE) at 6.77%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 16.79 while having a 8.17 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.87. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.92 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.89. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.77% on average.

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