Provident Financial Services Stock Price Prediction

PFS Stock  USD 21.40  0.55  2.64%   
The relative strength index (RSI) of Provident Financial's the stock price is slightly above 69 indicating that the stock is rather overbought by investors at this time. The main point of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to track how fast people are buying or selling Provident, making its price go up or down.

Oversold Vs Overbought

69

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Provident Financial's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of Provident Financial and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Provident Financial's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Provident Financial Services, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Provident Financial's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.06)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
0.52
EPS Estimate Current Year
1.732
EPS Estimate Next Year
2.132
Wall Street Target Price
23
Using Provident Financial hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Provident Financial Services from the perspective of Provident Financial response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Provident Financial to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Provident because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Provident Financial after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 21.5  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
  
Check out Provident Financial Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
17.8420.3422.85
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
18.3420.8523.36
Details
4 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
18.3820.2022.42
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
0.290.430.49
Details
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Provident Financial. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Provident Financial's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Provident Financial's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Provident Financial.

Provident Financial After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Provident Financial at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Provident Financial or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Provident Financial, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Provident Financial Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Provident Financial's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Provident Financial's historical news coverage. Provident Financial's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 18.99 and 24.01, respectively. We have considered Provident Financial's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
21.40
21.50
After-hype Price
24.01
Upside
Provident Financial is not too volatile at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Provident Financial is based on 3 months time horizon.

Provident Financial Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Provident Financial is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Provident Financial backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Provident Financial, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.26 
2.51
  0.10 
  0.03 
8 Events / Month
18 Events / Month
In about 8 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
21.40
21.50
0.47 
627.50  
Notes

Provident Financial Hype Timeline

On the 25th of November Provident Financial is traded for 21.40. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.1, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.03. Provident is forecasted to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 21.5 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is over 100%. The price appreciation on the next news is projected to be 0.47%, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.26%. The volatility of related hype on Provident Financial is about 2543.17%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 21.37. The company reported the last year's revenue of 615.82 M. Total Income to common stockholders was 128.4 M with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 496.95 M. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 8 days.
Check out Provident Financial Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.

Provident Financial Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Provident Financial's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Provident Financial's future price movements. Getting to know how Provident Financial's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Provident Financial may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
FMBHFirst Mid Illinois(0.02)9 per month 1.53  0.02  3.13 (2.64) 18.64 
CNOBConnectOne Bancorp(0.38)6 per month 1.73  0.06  4.33 (3.03) 20.79 
FNWDFinward Bancorp 0.59 8 per month 0.75  0.04  2.48 (1.80) 12.55 
CFBCrossFirst Bankshares(0.30)10 per month 1.71 (0.02) 3.90 (3.00) 18.20 
SASRSandy Spring Bancorp 0.23 4 per month 1.25  0.11  3.49 (2.54) 18.48 
NRIMNorthrim BanCorp(4.73)8 per month 1.64  0.14  4.39 (3.54) 20.99 
CTBICommunity Trust Bancorp(0.43)9 per month 1.50  0.1  3.19 (2.42) 21.98 
FIBKFirst Interstate BancSystem 0.22 8 per month 1.70  0.07  3.62 (3.20) 18.74 
LNKBLINKBANCORP(0.09)6 per month 1.52  0.08  4.29 (2.70) 10.82 
CBANColony Bankcorp 1.30 9 per month 0.97  0.11  2.69 (1.97) 16.22 
BWFGBankwell Financial Group(0.25)8 per month 2.20  0.08  3.64 (4.51) 17.30 
BRBSBlue Ridge Bankshares(0.04)4 per month 1.09  0.10  3.26 (2.70) 18.27 
ECBKECB Bancorp 0.62 3 per month 1.19  0.02  2.48 (2.05) 7.11 
PGCPeapack Gladstone Financial 1.62 9 per month 1.79  0.13  5.93 (3.32) 17.97 
NFBKNorthfield Bancorp(0.17)9 per month 1.75  0.06  4.31 (2.85) 20.29 
GSBCGreat Southern Bancorp(0.18)7 per month 1.72  0.04  3.56 (3.32) 19.09 
HFWAHeritage Financial(0.44)8 per month 1.59  0.08  3.50 (2.26) 19.67 
BYByline Bancorp 0.79 8 per month 1.31  0.07  3.62 (2.51) 20.72 
AFBIAffinity Bancshares 0.06 8 per month 0.44 (0.20) 0.71 (0.65) 4.44 
OFEDOconee Federal Financial 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.13) 3.48 (5.28) 12.66 
HMNFHMN Financial(0.15)6 per month 1.85  0.11  4.29 (3.19) 13.15 
HFBLHome Federal Bancorp 0.00 6 per month 2.43 (0.02) 3.82 (4.31) 21.70 
HVBCHV Bancorp(0.52)3 per month 2.03  0.09  2.68 (4.11) 18.63 

Provident Financial Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Provident price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Provident using various technical indicators. When you analyze Provident charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Provident Financial Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Provident Financial stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Provident Financial Services, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Provident Financial based on analysis of Provident Financial hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Provident Financial's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Provident Financial's related companies.
 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.03860.04510.05370.0564
Price To Sales Ratio4.093.162.192.08

Story Coverage note for Provident Financial

The number of cover stories for Provident Financial depends on current market conditions and Provident Financial's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Provident Financial is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Provident Financial's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Provident Financial Short Properties

Provident Financial's future price predictability will typically decrease when Provident Financial's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Provident Financial Services often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Provident Financial's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Provident Financial's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding74.9 M
Cash And Short Term Investments180.3 M

Additional Tools for Provident Stock Analysis

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