Provident Financial Services (PFS)

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

No matter how good a company is, if the price that you pay to buy it is too high, you won't make much money. These valuation metrics should give you a sense of reasonable prices, but be careful with them. Always seek to understand why a valuation is changing over time.

Price Multiples

Price Multiples show how much you get for the price you pay. They can fluctuate drastically over time. Looking at price multiples over time and comparing to those of competitors will help to triangulate a reasonable valuation.

Price to Sales Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of sales.

PFS 2.723
AF 1.201
COLB 2.642
DCOM 2.127

Price to Earnings Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of earnings.

PFS 12.69
AF 17.28
COLB 14.16
DCOM 9.547

Price to Book

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of net assets (net assets is total assets - total liabilities).

PFS 0.8777
AF 0.6970
COLB 0.9550
DCOM 1.249

Enterprise Valuation

Enterprise Value (EV) multiples tell you what you would get if you were to buy the whole company (including paying off all debt). Similar to price multiples, they can be compared across time and with peers.

EV / EBITDA Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Revenue Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of sales if you were buying the whole company.

EV / EBIT Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest and taxes if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Free Cash Flow Pro

Tells how much you are paying for one dollar of current free cash flow if you were buying the whole company.

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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%
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