Provident Financial's Earnings: A Preview


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Provident Financial (NYSE:PFS) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Friday, 2021-10-29. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Provident Financial will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.46

Provident Financial bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by 28.89%.

Here's a look at Provident Financial's past performance and the resulting price change:

 

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020
EPS Estimate 0.45 -0.56 0.36 0.18
EPS Actual 0.58 0.63 0.56 0.37
Price Change % -0.74% -1.91% -1.07% 1.5%

Stock Performance

Shares of Provident Financial were trading at $24.06 as of October 27. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 80.62%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads... BUYING options. Most traders don't even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here's how he does it.


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