Provident Financial Services (PFS)

13.96 -0.04  -0.29%  May 31, 5:21PM Go Pro
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Provident Financial Services Performance

Historical performance is a good guide for the future, but it is imperfect. Pay attention to a company's history, but be realistic about what you can project into the future.

5 Year Total Returns Performance

Returns from price appreciation only give a partial view of the returns to an investor. This total returns chart shows the returns to an investor from both price appreciation and dividends (dividends are assumed to be reinvested)

Returns -16.90%

1 Year Total Returns Performance Comparison

Here are Provident Financial Services's total returns compared to the market and some of its peers. High historical total returns are excellent - especially if you held the stock at the time - but returns can change direction quickly. To predict future performance, looking at the business is more important than looking at historic returns.

  • PFS Total Returns
  • ^SPXTR Total Returns
  • AF Total Returns
  • COLB Total Returns
1 month total returns YTD total returns 1 year total returns* 3 year total returns
PFS -4.18% 6.09% 1.44% 58.36%
^SPXTR -5.81% 5.38% 0.88% 52.09%
AF -6.88% 7.94% -34.92% 32.93%
COLB -10.58% -3.28% 4.72% 74.68%

* May differ from chart if one year ago today was not a trading day. Table uses the previous trading day as a base while chart uses the next trading day.

Fundamental Performance

Price vs Earnings

In the long run, the price and earnings of a company are correlated. If the two metrics are diverging, there should be a good reason why. Divergence without reason can signal danger or opportunity.

Price -16.90%
Earnings Per Share TTM 32.53%

Earnings Yield vs Dividend Yield

Yields show how much you are getting for the price you pay. For example, an earnings yield of 8% means that for every dollar you pay, you get 8 cents worth of current earnings. Take these numbers into account when buying to see if you are over-paying or getting a good deal.

Earnings Yield 7.88%
Dividend Yield 3.61%

Revenue and Earnings Growth

Revenues show how much the company is selling to customers, while net income is what remains for shareholders after the company pays its expenses. Revenue growth often persists over time, but net income is more fickle. Watch closely to see if revenue and income grow at similar rates.

Revenues TTM 311.21M
Net Income TTM 62.84M

Efficent Use of Assets

Profit margins show what percentage of every dollar of sales turns into earnings. Asset Uitlization shows how many dollars of sales a company gets for each dollar that the company invests in assets. Multiplying the two numbers together gives you Return on Assets which tells you approximately how efficiently the company invests money to earn more money.

Profit Margin 23.15%
Asset Utilization 0.0445

Reinvestment Strategy

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) tells you how much income a company earned after investing $1 in its business. The Payout Ratio tells what percentage of the company's income it pays to shareholders instead of reinvesting in its own growth. Watch out for companies that pay out very little when their ROIC is low.

5 Year Average ROIC 0.0057
5 Year Average Payout Ratio 0.4047
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PFS News

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May 29, 11:46AM Investor Place
$PFS filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3lkk
about 21 days ago by MarketBrief
Regional Bank Earnings Roundup
May 03, 11:46AM Fool
Listen to $PFS Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 10:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3YHT
about 34 days ago by earningscast
Provident Financial Raises Dividend Again, Now Yields 3.6%: http://stks.co/3XCv $PFS
about 35 days ago by DynamicDividend
$PFS filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/2ucL
about 76 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $PFS Q4 2011 earnings call (EPS 0.26 vs est 0.27) - live at 10:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/27pl
about 125 days ago by earningscast
$PFS amended latest Annual Report http://stks.co/1h5V
about 156 days ago by MarketBrief
$PFS filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/13jE
about 204 days ago by MarketBrief
ooops - breakout cont. $ITB (base), $PFS (base), $STBA (200-day MA), $STX (200-day MA & gap), $TCB. One penny stock.
about 222 days ago by fallondpicks
Provident Financial raises dividend by 9%. Has now tripled payout since initiating in 2003. Yields 3.36%. http://goo.gl/FeNN0 / $PFS
about 399 days ago by DynamicDividend
$cbi $stlk $pfs $mhr $sfun $ppc $gmo $sncr $vra $pri $musa $lvs $gpor $wstl $iclk $wxs $wlk $zumz $mrge $twi some stocks to put on list-long
about 548 days ago by ZorTrades
stocks with DECLINING money flow:$BDN,$INCY,$$PFS,$RBCN,$$TRP
about 560 days ago by HillsideTrading
$PFS http://chart.ly/8u79kpl Like it as a potential long on a break of 12.60
about 603 days ago by themeatbaron
TRADE RADAR - Unnoticed Smalls: Like valuations for $GSIT @ 5.50, $GSOL @ 6.60, $PFS @ 11.25, $STV @ 6.25 $WSTL @ 1.80 &, of course, $AATI.
about 619 days ago by Legacy_Trades
$PFS: Stifel Nicolaus ups to Hold
about 701 days ago by cbayna
$PFS: Janney Mntgmy Scott cuts to Neutral
about 777 days ago by cbayna
http://chart.ly/zrzhqn $PFS - Provident Financial Services can provide a little more upside to 12.00 at least.
about 874 days ago by trendarchitect
Research:$JWN,$NOC Cut Conviction Sell Goldman,$MGM Upgraded Overweight JP Morgan,$PFS Upgraded Buy Janney,$ESV Upgraded Buy Jefferies
about 1109 days ago by WallStSource
$PFS is now below its 100 hour moving average of 9.48.
about 1186 days ago by DeepMarket
Sold $PFS.
about 1339 days ago by theo_chiari
Long $PFS
about 1339 days ago by theo_chiari

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
PFS 13.96 -0.04 -0.29% 849.80M
PFM 15.30 -0.02 -0.13%
PFIN 4.690 -0.01 -0.22% 16.98M
PFI 18.54 -0.12 -0.64%
PFG 24.56 -0.03 -0.12% 7.413B
PFE 21.87 -0.17 -0.77% 166.12B
PETM 64.47 +0.02 +0.03% 7.082B
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PERI 3.86 -0.19 -4.69% 40.18M
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