The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Provident Financial Services Inc shares valued at $59,700 were sold by Christy James A. on Sep 12 ’25. At $19.90 per share, Christy James A. sold 3,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 39,633 shares worth approximately $0.81 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Pugliese John sold 25,000 shares, netting a total of over 497,750 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $19.91 each, the insider now holds 87,907 shares.
Before that, JOHN PUGLIESE had added 25,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $497,775, the Director bought Provident Financial Services Inc shares for $19.91 each.
As published in a research note from Hovde Group on July 25, 2025, Provident Financial Services Inc [PFS] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $23.50. Analysts at Raymond James started covering the stock with ‘”a Strong buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late June. As of December 13, 2024, Hovde Group has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for PFS. Earlier on August 15, 2024, Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for PFS stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.
Analyzing PFS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Provident Financial Services Inc [NYSE: PFS] rose 2.99% to $20.32. The stock’s lowest price that day was $19.74, but it reached a high of $20.35 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.60%. Over the course of the year, Provident Financial Services Inc shares have jumped approximately 9.66%.
Is Provident Financial Services Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Provident Financial Services Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.24 million shares to 3.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 3.09 million shares. A jump of 7.1% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.8 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.8.
Which companies own the most shares of Provident Financial Services Inc (PFS)?
In terms of Provident Financial Services Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 20 in the next 12 months, up nearly 1.37% from the previous closing price of $19.73. Analysts anticipate Provident Financial Services Inc stock to reach 21 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 19. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Provident Financial Services Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 22, 2024, DA Davidson assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $20.
