NYSE: PFS · Banks - Regional

Provident Financial Services (PFS) stock sentiment

Over the past week, Provident Financial Services (PFS) racked up 9 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 roughly in line with the crowd, 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 X at 40% 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 $25.75

6 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 4 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $25.75.

6 analysts67% buy share

Crowd sentiment

Hold
Crowd bullish 63%
Spread 60 pts
Most bullish News 100%
Most bearish X 40%

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

60pt spread
Wall St
67%
News
100%
Reddit
50%
X
40%
Wall Street (analyst buy share)Crowd average 63%

Wall Street’s 67% buy share lands almost exactly on the crowd average of 63%. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 100% bullish while X sits at 40%, a 60-point spread that single-source trackers miss.

Why PFS reads Hold

Hold 0.0
Bullish Average
Average sentiment is 63.3% bullish, above the 50% neutral line.
+17.3
Trend
More sources are weakening than improving: 0 up, 1 down, 2 flat.
-2.3
Buzz
Discussion intensity is 24.4, well below the usual midpoint.
-2.0
Source Breadth
This signal is based on 3 tracked sources.
+1.5
Consensus
1 bullish source and 1 bearish source 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 20.2 while the price drifted up 1.7% 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 974K shares. Updated Jul 27, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, PFS lost 2.7%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 26.9 and was relatively stable, swinging between 20.2 and 32.3. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 10 of the 14 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.

How each source saw PFS this week

Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.

Reddit signal

Open source page
Buzz 24.3
Bullish 50%
Mentions 2
Trend Stable
8 subredditsSentiment +0.1
Bullish 50%Neutral 38%Bearish 13%
r/Stocks_Picks Neutral
Loudest Reddit venue with 1 mentions this week.

X signal

Open source page
Buzz 30.1
Bullish 40%
Mentions 5
Trend Falling
5 tweetsSentiment +0.3
Bullish 69%Neutral 19%Bearish 13%
@doepke_michel Bullish 0.28
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News signal

Open source page
Buzz 19.0
Bullish 100%
Mentions 2
Trend Stable
3 publishersSentiment +0.3
Bullish 60%Neutral 40%Bearish 0%
MarketBeat Bullish 0.22
“Bank of New York Mellon Corp decreased its stake in shares of Provident Financial Services, Inc (NYSE:PFS - Free Report) by 3.0% during the…” Led by Stocktitan and MarketBeat.

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 Jul 27, 2026.

Adanos signal
Hold
Analyst consensus
Strong Buy (4 / 2 / 0)
Crowd bullish (7d)
63%
Avg price target
$25.75
Most bullish source
News, 100%
Most bearish source
X, 40%
Sentiment spread
60 pts
Mentions (7d)
9
Market cap
$3.11B
P/E · Forward P/E
10.2 · 10.0
EPS · Beta
$2.35 · 0.8
Revenue (TTM)
$886M · 35% margin
Industry
Banks - 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 9 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 2 mentions across 8 tracked subreddits. The tone is 50% bullish with stable 3-day activity momentum, 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 9 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 $25.75. That lines up with the crowd average of 63% 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. 9 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 9 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 (56% of total volume). Reddit contributes 2 mentions and 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.

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