Provident Financial Plc Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

FPLPF Stock  USD 1.51  0.00  0.00%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Provident Financial plc is 'Sell'. Macroaxis provides Provident Financial buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding FPLPF positions.
  
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Note, we conduct extensive research on individual companies such as Provident and provide practical buy, sell, or hold advice based on investors' constraints. Provident Financial plc. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in employment.

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The Provident recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on Provident Financial plc. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in Provident Financial plc or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute Provident Financial's advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell Provident FinancialBuy Provident Financial
Sell

Market Performance

WeakestDetails

Volatility

Somewhat reliableDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

SmallDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Moves indifferently to market movesDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon Provident Financial plc has a Mean Deviation of 0.0975, Standard Deviation of 0.4348 and Variance of 0.189
We provide trade recommendations to complement the recent expert consensus on Provident Financial plc. Our dynamic recommendation engine exercises a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the firm's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time. To make sure Provident Financial is not overpriced, please check all Provident Financial plc fundamentals, including its price to book, debt to equity, market capitalization, as well as the relationship between the net income and earnings per share . Please also confirm Provident Financial plc price to earning to check out your buy or sell decision is consistent with all fundamental data available and that the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle.

Provident Financial Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Provident Financial generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Provident Financial may become a speculative penny stock
The company reported the revenue of 481.6 M. Net Loss for the year was (32.1 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 160.3 M.
Over 84.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors

Provident Financial Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Provident Financial's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Provident Financial's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Provident Financial daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Provident Financial plc price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Provident Financial returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Provident Financial.
Mean Return
-0.03
Value At Risk
0.00
Potential Upside
0.00
Standard Deviation
0.43
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Provident Financial historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Provident Financial Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Provident Financial or Provident sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Provident Financial's price will be affected by overall pink sheet market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Provident pink sheet's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.04
β
Beta against Dow Jones-0.03
σ
Overall volatility
0.45
Ir
Information ratio -0.22

Provident Financial Volatility Alert

Provident Financial plc exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -5.93 and kurtosis of 49.15. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Provident Financial's pink sheet risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Provident Financial's pink sheet price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Provident Financial Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Provident Financial's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Provident Financial's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Provident Financial and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Provident Financial or determine the pink sheets which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Provident Financial's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Provident Financial by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Provident Financial to competition
FundamentalsProvident FinancialPeer Average
Return On Equity0.17-0.31
Return On Asset0.0414-0.14
Profit Margin0.09 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.34 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation2.4 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding253.85 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders2.50 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions83.95 %39.21 %
Price To Earning9.97 X28.72 X
Price To Book0.69 X9.51 X
Price To Sales1.29 X11.42 X
Revenue481.6 M9.43 B
Gross Profit160.3 M27.38 B
Net Income(32.1 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents576 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share2.30 X5.01 X
Total Debt1.81 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity3.00 %48.70 %
Current Ratio32.18 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share2.40 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations163.1 M971.22 M
Earnings Per Share0.51 X3.12 X
Target Price1312.68
Number Of Employees2.54 K18.84 K
Beta1.5-0.15
Market Capitalization573.87 M19.03 B
Total Asset2.73 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings413 M9.33 B
Working Capital1.84 B1.48 B
Current Asset2.27 B9.34 B
Current Liabilities428 M7.9 B
Annual Yield0.10 %
Net Asset2.73 B

Provident Financial Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Provident . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Provident Financial financial ratios help investors to determine whether Provident Pink Sheet is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Provident with respect to the benefits of owning Provident Financial security.