Provident Financial Services Inc’s filing revealed that its Executive Chairman MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.95 million on Jun 11 ’25. In the deal valued at $17.07 per share,55,668 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P now holds 601,050 shares worth roughly $11.06 million.
Then, MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P bought 55,668 shares, generating $950,809 in total proceeds.
Before that, LISTA GEORGE bought 1,000 shares. Provident Financial Services Inc shares valued at $16,729 were divested by the Pres/CEO Prov Protection Plus at a price of $16.73 per share. As a result of the transaction, LISTA GEORGE now holds 9,956 shares, worth roughly $0.18 million.
Raymond James initiated its Provident Financial Services Inc [PFS] rating to a Strong buy in a research note published on June 26, 2025; the price target was $21. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Hovde Group’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid December with a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating. Keefe Bruyette also remained covering PFS and has increased its forecast on August 15, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. DA Davidson revised its rating on April 22, 2024. It rated PFS as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of PFS
On Monday, Provident Financial Services Inc [NYSE:PFS] saw its stock fall -1.23% to $18.4. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.02%. Provident Financial Services Inc shares have risen nearly 2.34% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -2.49% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Provident Financial Services Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Provident Financial Services Inc stocks on 2025-06-13, growing by 0.24 million shares to a total of 3.3 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-15 was 3.06 million shares. There was a rise of 7.28%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
