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Provident Financial Services (FRA:PQ3) PB Ratio : 0.74 (As of Apr. 08, 2025)


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What is Provident Financial Services PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-04-08), Provident Financial Services's share price is €14.10. Provident Financial Services's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €19.04. Hence, Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio of today is 0.74.

The historical rank and industry rank for Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:PQ3' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.49   Med: 1.09   Max: 1.51
Current: 0.8

During the past 13 years, Provident Financial Services's highest PB Ratio was 1.51. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 1.09.

FRA:PQ3's PB Ratio is ranked better than
62.71% of 1526 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.87 vs FRA:PQ3: 0.80

During the past 12 months, Provident Financial Services's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -10.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Provident Financial Services was 47.90% per year. The lowest was -3.30% per year. And the median was 3.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Provident Financial Services PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Provident Financial Services PB Ratio Chart

Provident Financial Services Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 1.10 0.99 0.80 0.94

Provident Financial Services Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.80 0.64 0.70 0.91 0.94

Competitive Comparison of Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio falls into.


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Provident Financial Services PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Provident Financial Services's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=14.10/19.037
=0.74

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Provident Financial Services  (FRA:PQ3) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Provident Financial Services Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
239 Washington Street, Jersey, NJ, USA, 07302
Provident Financial Services Inc is the holding company for The Provident Bank, a community-oriented bank. The Company's operations are solely in the financial services industry and include providing traditional banking and other financial services to its customers. The Company operates in the geographical regions of northern and central New Jersey, Queens and Nassau Counties in New York and eastern Pennsylvania. The Company has a single reporting segment for financial reporting purposes. The majority of the revenue-generating activities that are components of non-interest income are These revenue streams can generally be classified into three broad categories: wealth management revenue, insurance agency income, and banking service charges and other fees.

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