With 0.97 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.64 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $18.71 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $18.32. The 52-week range on PFS shows that it touched its highest point at $22.24 and its lowest point at $14.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.92. With its current market cap of 2.43 billion, PFS has annualized dividend of $0.96 while the current yield stands at 5.16%. PFS paid its most recent dividend on 1747353600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1747353600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.87.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PFS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.90%, but this was up by 14.66% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 21.30% while six-month performance fell -2.51%. The stock lost -1.32% in the past year, while it has gained 11.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PFS yields 1.11 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.28. For the next quarter, that number is 0.50. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.52% for this year and 10.37% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 130.66 million PFS shares are outstanding with a float of 116.17 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 3.3 million, which was 252.99999999999997 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. Anthony J. Labozzetta as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Thomas J. Shara Jr. serves as its Executive Vice Chairman.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.70013 of PFS’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PFS since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PFS analysts setting a high price target of 22.5 and a low target of 18.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 20.91667. Based on these targets, PFS could surge 20.84% to reach the target high and fall by -3.33% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 12.33% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.95447 being high and $1.76206 being low. For PFS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.86333.
