$0.20 EPS Expected for Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (PROV)

December 23, 2017 – By Marguerite Chambers

Investors sentiment increased to 1.24 in 2017 Q3. Its up 0.19, from 1.05 in 2017Q2. It is positive, as 1 investors sold Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. shares while 16 reduced holdings. 4 funds opened positions while 17 raised stakes. 4.04 million shares or 1.42% more from 3.98 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported.
Parametric Port Associate Ltd Liability Corp stated it has 0% in Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV). Schwab Charles Inv Incorporated accumulated 0% or 11,950 shares. Ameritas Inv Partners Incorporated reported 514 shares. Federated Investors Inc Pa accumulated 0% or 86,721 shares. Geode Cap Management holds 47,285 shares. Tower Research Cap Llc (Trc) reported 200 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Continental Advsrs Lc has invested 0.67% of its portfolio in Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV). 6,942 were accumulated by First Manhattan. Moreover, Bnp Paribas Arbitrage has 0% invested in Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV). Bessemer Group holds 0% or 9,700 shares. Moreover, Thrivent Fincl For Lutherans has 0% invested in Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) for 675 shares. 21,228 were reported by Deutsche National Bank & Trust Ag. Vanguard Grp Inc owns 0% invested in Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) for 279,361 shares. Raffles Associates Ltd Partnership reported 393,096 shares. Wells Fargo Company Mn invested in 6,692 shares or 0% of the stock.

Since October 30, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 1 sale for $172,530 activity.

Analysts expect Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) to report $0.20 EPS on January, 26.They anticipate $0.02 EPS change or 11.11 % from last quarter’s $0.18 EPS. PROV’s profit would be $1.52 million giving it 23.10 P/E if the $0.20 EPS is correct. After having $0.17 EPS previously, Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.’s analysts see 17.65 % EPS growth. The stock decreased 0.27% or $0.05 during the last trading session, reaching $18.48. About 14,738 shares traded or 19.60% up from the average. Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) has risen 4.86% since December 23, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 11.84% the S&P500.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) Ratings Coverage

Among 2 analysts covering Provident Financial Holdings (NASDAQ:PROV), 1 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. Provident Financial Holdings had 9 analyst reports since August 12, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, June 29 by Sandler O’Neill. Zacks upgraded the shares of PROV in report on Thursday, August 20 to “Sell” rating. The company was downgraded on Thursday, December 17 by Sandler O’Neill. As per Wednesday, August 12, the company rating was downgraded by Zacks. The stock of Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) earned “Hold” rating by Zacks on Tuesday, September 1. The stock of Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) has “Market Perform” rating given on Tuesday, April 11 by Hovde Group.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the holding firm for Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B. that provides community and mortgage banking services to clients and small to mid-sized businesses in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. The company has market cap of $140.62 million. It operates through two divisions: Provident Bank and Provident Bank Mortgage. It has a 44.42 P/E ratio. The companyÂ’s deposit products include non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits; and loan portfolio comprises single-family, multi-family, commercial real estate, construction, commercial business, consumer, and other mortgage loans.

More news for Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PROV) were recently published by: Nasdaq.com, which released: “Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (PROV) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for …” on August 16, 2017. Nasdaq.com‘s article titled: “Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (PROV) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for …” and published on November 10, 2017 is yet another important article.