NYSE: PFS · Banks - Regional

Provident Financial Services (PFS) stock sentiment

Over the past week, Provident Financial Services (PFS) racked up 7 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. That is too little tracked discussion to read a direction from, so the signal stays neutral. Wall Street is more constructive, with 4 of 6 analysts rating PFS a buy.

Tracked discussion on PFS is too thin this week to read a direction from, which is why it reads as a Hold.

Wall Street vs the crowd on PFS

Wall Street’s 67% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 0% to News at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.

Analyst ratings

Strong Buy
Buy 4
Hold 2
Sell 0
Avg target $27.92

6 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 4 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $27.92.

6 analysts67% buy share

Crowd sentiment

Hold
Crowd bullish 47%
Spread 100 pts
Most bullish News 100%
Most bearish Reddit 0%

The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week PFS carries too few tracked mentions to weigh any of them, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.

3 sourcesWide divergence

Who is bullish on PFS

100pt spread
Wall St
67%
News
100%
X
40%
Reddit
0%
Wall Street (analyst buy share)Crowd average 47%

Analysts sit 20 points above the crowd average of 47%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 100% bullish while Reddit sits at 0%, a 100-point spread that single-source trackers miss.

Why PFS reads Hold

Hold 0.0
Bullish Average
Average sentiment is 46.7% bullish, below the 50% neutral line.
-4.3
Trend
Momentum is balanced: 0 up, 0 down, 3 flat.
0.0
Buzz
Discussion intensity is 17.9, well below the usual midpoint.
-2.0
Source Breadth
This signal is based on 3 tracked sources.
+1.5
Consensus
1 bullish source and 2 bearish sources keep the score from getting a consensus bonus.
0.0
This window holds fewer than 10 tracked mentions, too small a sample to carry a buy or sell reading, so the contributions above are set aside and the score is held at zero.

Provident Financial Services (PFS) buzz score vs. EOD price

Over the 30-day window, Provident Financial Services (PFS) buzz held subdued around 34.2 while the price drifted down 2.2% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 830K shares. Updated Sep 21, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, PFS lost 1.1%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 33.1 and was relatively stable, swinging between 27.1 and 36.4. Recent volume is running above the 30-day average, suggesting heightened trading interest. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 14 of the 16 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.

How each source saw PFS this week

Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.

Reddit 7-day signal

Open source page
Buzz 0.0
Bullish 0%
Mentions 0
Trend Stable
4 subreddits · 30-day context7-day sentiment 0.0
Bullish 0%Neutral 100%Bearish 0%
r/Baystreetbets Bullish
Loudest Reddit venue in the 30-day context window with 6 mentions.

X 7-day signal

Open source page
Buzz 34.8
Bullish 40%
Mentions 5
Trend Stable
5 tweets7-day sentiment +0.1
Bullish 40%Neutral 60%Bearish 0%
@BidBird10 · 30-day context Bullish 0.36
“- More clarity on $EQR.ax United States JV - Energy Fuels $UUUU Donald Project FID (hopefully) - Bravo Mining $BRVO Luanga PFS - Largo $LGO…”
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News 7-day signal

Open source page
Buzz 18.8
Bullish 100%
Mentions 2
Trend Stable
5 publishers · 30-day context7-day sentiment +0.3
Bullish 100%Neutral 0%Bearish 0%
MarketBeat · 30-day context Bullish 0.41
“Provident Financial Services, Inc (NYSE:PFS) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the eight brokerages that are pres…” Led by MarketBeat and Stocktitan.

Polymarket signal

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Provident Financial Services (PFS) at a glance

This week’s sentiment from Adanos, with fundamentals and analyst consensus. A quick-reference snapshot for Sep 21, 2026.

Adanos signalHold
Analyst consensusStrong Buy (4 / 2 / 0)
Crowd bullish (7d)47%
Avg price target$27.92
Most bullish sourceNews, 100%
Most bearish sourceReddit, 0%
Sentiment spread100 pts
Mentions (7d)7
Market cap$3.01B
P/E · Forward P/E9.6 · 9.0
EPS · Beta$2.40 · 0.8
Revenue (TTM)$894.3M · 35% margin
IndustryBanks - Regional

Provident Financial Services (PFS) stock sentiment FAQ

Is Provident Financial Services (PFS) a buy or sell right now?

Adanos will not call Provident Financial Services (PFS) either way right now. The last 7 days carry 7 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor, so the signal sits at a neutral hold with 40/100 conviction. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.

What does Reddit say about PFS stock?

Reddit discussion around Provident Financial Services (PFS) is fairly quiet with 0 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 4 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 0% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is stable, suggesting steady attention.

Is Provident Financial Services (PFS) bullish or bearish right now?

There is not enough tracked discussion on Provident Financial Services (PFS) to call it either way. The last 7 days carry 7 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor Adanos needs before it reads a direction. On the professional side, 4 of 6 analysts rate PFS a buy.

What do analysts say about Provident Financial Services (PFS)?

Of the 6 analysts covering Provident Financial Services (PFS), 4 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell, for a strong buy consensus. The average price target is $27.92. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 47% bullish.

What is the sentiment on PFS stock?

Provident Financial Services (PFS) does not carry enough tracked discussion this week to have a readable sentiment. 7 mentions across 3 sources is under the 10-mention floor, so the signal stays neutral at 40/100 conviction.

Why does PFS carry a hold signal right now?

Not for a reason found in the sentiment itself. Provident Financial Services (PFS) drew 7 tracked mentions in the last 7 days, too small a sample to read a direction from, so Adanos holds the signal neutral instead of calling a buy or sell off it.

What is driving Provident Financial Services (PFS) sentiment right now?

X is the dominant discussion channel with 5 mentions (71% of total volume). News contributes 2 mentions. There is too little of it to read a sentiment direction from.

What does the Adanos hold signal mean for Provident Financial Services (PFS)?

The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. PFS's hold signal at 40/100 conviction reflects a sample too thin to read a direction from. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.

How fresh is this PFS sentiment data?

The PFS sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.

Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.

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