Ratings Provident Financial Services, Inc.

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PFS

US74386T1051

Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 04:00:01 2024-04-25 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
15.2 ^USD	-2.25%		+10.55%	-15.70%

Apr. 22	RBC Lifts Price Target on Provident Financial Services to $19 From $18, Keeps Outperform Rating	MT
Apr. 22	DA Davidson Upgrades Provident Financial Services to Buy From Neutral, Adjusts Price Target to $20 From $15	MT

Strengths

The prospective high growth for the next fiscal years is among the main assets of the company
Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
The company's attractive earnings multiples are brought to light by a P/E ratio at 13.79 for the current year.
The company appears to be poorly valued given its net asset value.
The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
The company's sales previsions for the coming years have been revised downwards, which foreshadows another slowdown in business.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.

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Sector: Banks

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	-15.70%	1.18B		C+
AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED	+17.94%	212B		C+
PT BANK CENTRAL ASIA TBK	+3.99%	75.6B		A-
ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED	+10.11%	55.62B		C+
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE S.A.	+12.63%	46.7B		B-
INDUSTRIAL BANK CO., LTD.	-0.25%	45.61B		B-
CHINA CITIC BANK CO., LTD.	+20.11%	45.13B		B
JAPAN POST BANK CO., LTD.	+10.38%	36.89B		B-
QATAR NATIONAL BANK (Q.P.S.C.)	-16.21%	35.27B		A-
INVEST BANK	-96.60%	32.25B	-	D

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