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Provident Financial Services PFS

US equityMarket cap rank #2505
$22.38 −$0.20 (-0.89%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:30 am ET · After hours $22.38 0.00%
Open$22.59
Prev close$22.58
Day range$22.28 – $22.63
Volume1.05M
Market cap$2.92B
P/E (TTM)9.3
Dividend yield4.29%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership76.5%-0.07 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding372-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)22 buys / 25 sellsNet selling
Short interest4.71% of floatDays to cover 8.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share35.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

28%33%38%43%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$4.81M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 38.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock14.76%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.31%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors6.27%
  • State Street Global Advisors6.17%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.99%
  • American Century Investment Management3.29%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.68%
  • Wellington Management Group2.38%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund68.07%
  • Hedge Fund3.73%
  • Individual/Insider3.12%
  • Public Company1.81%
  • Government Pension Fund0.98%
  • Family Office/Trust0.80%
  • Insurance Company0.61%
  • Private Company0.49%

Reported short interest has fallen from 5.11% to 4.71% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 6,148,575 4.7% 8.4
31 Aug 2026 5,419,966 4.2% 7.3
14 Aug 2026 5,885,861 4.5% 6.9
31 Jul 2026 5,959,571 4.6% 5.1
15 Jul 2026 5,956,998 4.6% 6.8
30 Jun 2026 6,665,050 5.1% 4.7

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