With 0.77 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.63 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $18.65 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $18.09. 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 $21.25. With its current market cap of 2.40 billion, PFS has annualized dividend of $0.96 while the current yield stands at 5.23%. 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 -1.45%, but this was up by 7.56% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 12.10% while six-month performance fell -3.37%. The stock lost -2.76% in the past year, while it has gained 2.63% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PFS yields 1.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.33. For the next quarter, that number is 0.54. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.33% for this year and 11.16% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 130.62 million PFS shares are outstanding with a float of 116.17 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-30, short shares totaled 3.7 million, which was 282.99998 higher than short shares on 1748563200. 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 0.705 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 19.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 21.25. Based on these targets, PFS could surge 22.62% to reach the target high and rise by 3.54% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 15.8% 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. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.57 and the low estimate is $0.54. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.56.
