Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Provident Financial Services Inc shares valued at $73,080 were sold by Christy James A. on Dec 11 ’24. At $20.88 per share, Christy James A. sold 3,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 34,254 shares worth approximately $0.66 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Christy James A. purchased 3,500 shares, netting a total of over 72,625 in proceeds.
Before that, LEPPERT EDWARD J had sold 69,921 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,442,470, the Director traded Provident Financial Services Inc shares for $20.63 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 69,921 shares, worth approximately $1.51 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Hovde Group on December 13, 2024, Provident Financial Services Inc [PFS] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $25. Analysts at Keefe Bruyette upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of April 22, 2024, DA Davidson has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for PFS. Earlier on August 22, 2023, Piper Sandler upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for PFS stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing PFS Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.76%. Over the course of the year, Provident Financial Services Inc shares have jumped approximately 2.60%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $19.82 on 01/15/25 and a 52-week low of $17.76 on 01/10/25. A 50-day SMA is recorded $20.08, while a 200-day SMA reached $17.41. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 0.52 million shares from 0.74 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for Provident Financial Services Inc (PFS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 19.09, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 18.83. In the upper region, resistance lies at 19.72. The next price resistance is at 20.09. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.36 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 0.15, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 22.33%, indicating bullish price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.
