Provident Financial Services Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Officer MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P acquired Company’s shares for reported $84186.0 on Jul 28 ’25. In the deal valued at $19.21 per share,4,383 shares were bought.
Then, MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P sold 55,668 shares, generating $949,974 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $17.07, the Executive Chairman now owns 601,050 shares.
Before that, MARTIN CHRISTOPHER P bought 55,668 shares. Provident Financial Services Inc shares valued at $950,809 were divested by the Director at a price of $17.08 per share.
Hovde Group reiterated its Provident Financial Services Inc [PFS] rating to an Outperform in a research note published on July 25, 2025; the price target was $23.50. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late June with a ‘”a Strong buy”‘ rating. Hovde Group began covering PFS with “an Outperform” recommendation on December 13, 2024. Keefe Bruyette revised its rating on August 15, 2024. It rated PFS as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Mkt perform”.
Price Performance Review of PFS
On Tuesday, Provident Financial Services Inc [NYSE:PFS] saw its stock jump 0.50% to $18.24. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.85%. Provident Financial Services Inc shares have risen nearly 2.64% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -3.34% 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 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.17 million shares to a total of 3.13 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 3.3 million shares. There was a decline of -5.5%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
