PFS — Provident Financial Services Inc

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates PFS Bullish with a Setup Score of 64, net conviction 46, actionability 90. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score64
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction46
Actionability90 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Provident Financial Services Inc

Provident Financial Services, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Provident Bank that provides various banking products and services to individuals, families, and businesses in the United States. Its deposit products include savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, money market deposit, and certificate of deposit accounts, as well as IRA products. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$23.46
Market Cap$3.09B
Float126.2M
Shares Outstanding130.4M
P/E (Forward)9.96
P/E (TTM)9.87
Price/Sales (TTM)3.46
vs. Analyst Target+19.0% to analyst PT
Profit Margin34.97%
Operating Margin (TTM)52.27%
Revenue (TTM)$894M
Earnings Growth (YoY)9.00%
Dividend Rate1.0%
Analyst Target Price$27.92 (5 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $436M $97.0M $353M $148M
2021 $489M $168M $476M $250M
2022 $554M $176M $500M $264M
2023 $696M $128M $451M $198M
2024 $1.14B $116M $607M $204M
2025 $1.38B $291M $867M $474M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $354M $71.7M
Dec 2025 $353M $83.4M
Mar 2026 $347M $79.4M
Jun 2026 $359M $78.1M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership2.8%
Institutional Ownership77.5%
Short Float4.7%
% of All Funds Holding3.57%
Number of Funds Holding314

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$23.96Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$22.12Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$20.03Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$18.76Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$21.99Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$20.01Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$18.36Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$22.00 support 1.29x 1 months ago
$21.10 support 1.19x 3 months ago
$19.80 support 1.31x 6 months ago
$14.30 support 1.40x 24 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (95 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.14% 0.26% 60.00% 4.98% -6.55%
1 Day -0.20% -0.36% 41.05% 5.48% -5.35%
1 Week 0.44% 0.13% 53.68% 13.85% -14.07%
2 Weeks -0.01% -0.15% 49.47% 19.64% -19.51%
1 Month 0.32% -0.04% 48.94% 22.95% -21.74%

Next earnings: October 18, 2026 (53 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-2.2%30.4%23
Feb-1.6%37.5%24
Mar-0.3%45.8%24
Apr0.9%50.0%24
May-1.2%45.8%24
Jun0.2%50.0%24
Jul4.1%66.7%24
Aug-0.6%52.2%23
Sep-1.7%34.8%23
Oct3.2%65.2%23
Nov3.4%69.6%23
Dec1.3%56.5%23

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 48.5% 1113
Tuesday 0.08% 49.9% 1220
Wednesday -0.04% 47.5% 1220
Thursday 0.05% 50.4% 1195
Friday 0.07% 48.9% 1189

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 77.5%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 2.8%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings8
Net Value-$862,972.786
Net Shares Change-69,573
% of Float-0.1%
C-Suite Filings6
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Pugliese John -$497,750 1 1 sell
Giannola Vito EVP & CRBO of provident Bank -$487,200 1 1 sell
LISTA GEORGE Pres/CEO Prov Protection Plus -$291,450.286 3 3 sell
MCCRACKEN ROBERT E -$136,697.01 1 1 sell
Christy James A. EVP, CRO of Provident Bank -$59,700 1 1 sell
MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P Executive Chairman -$24,622.5 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-08-19 Giannola Vito EVP & CRBO of provident Bank -$487,200 Transaction at $24.36, now -3.7%
2026-06-15 LISTA GEORGE Pres/CEO Prov Protection Plus -$82,590.48 Transaction at $23.41, now +0.2%
2026-05-12 LISTA GEORGE Pres/CEO Prov Protection Plus -$57,254.4 Transaction at $22.40, now +4.7%
2025-11-10 LISTA GEORGE Pres/CEO Prov Protection Plus -$151,605.406 Transaction at $18.35, now +27.8%
2025-09-15 Christy James A. EVP, CRO of Provident Bank -$59,700 Transaction at $19.90, now +17.9%
2025-09-12 Pugliese John -$497,750 Transaction at $19.91, now +17.8%

View full insider transaction history on Trend Edge →

AI Consult Analysis

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