Credit: Provident Financial Services, Inc ( PFS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 07, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.15 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 22, 2017. Shareholders who purchased PFS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an -25% decrease from the prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $27.96, the dividend yield is 6.44%.
The previous trading day's last sale of PFS was $27.96, representing a -3.32% decrease from the 52 week high of $28.92 and a 20.57% increase over the 52 week low of $23.19.
PFS is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as HSBC Holdings plc ( HSBC ) and E*TRADE Financial Corporation ( ETFC ). PFS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.51. Zacks Investment Research reports PFS's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 11.84%, compared to an industry average of 8.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the PFS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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