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Peoples Financial Services (PFIS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$51.61 -3.63 (-6.57%)
(As of 05:45 PM ET)

About Peoples Financial Services Stock (NASDAQ:PFIS)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$50.92
$55.45
50-Day Range
$45.18
$58.76
52-Week Range
$36.26
$59.70
Volume
38,686 shs
Average Volume
19,011 shs
Market Capitalization
$515.84 million
P/E Ratio
50.11
Dividend Yield
4.79%
Price Target
$50.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Peoples Financial Services Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company that provides various commercial and retail banking services. The company accepts money market, negotiable order of withdrawal, savings, individual retirement, demand deposit, and certificates of deposit accounts. It also provides residential real estate, automobile, manufactured housing, personal, and home equity loans; and commercial real estate, working capital, construction, small business administration, and agricultural loans, as well as loans for equipment and other commercial needs, and mineral rights. In addition, the company offers fiduciary and investment services; investment management, IRA trustee, estate administration, living and life insurance trust, trustee under will, guardianship, custodial/IRA custodial, and corporate trust services, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. Further, it provides wealth management products and services comprising investment portfolio management, estate and business succession planning, annuities, insurance, retirement plan, and tax planning, as well as education funding strategies; and securities, brokerage, and investor services. Additionally, the company offers small business checking and merchant money market accounts, online and telephone banking, business credit cards, merchant line of credit, and financial checkup services; and remote deposit capture, automatic clearing house transaction, cash management, automated teller machine, point of sale transaction, safe deposit box, night depository, direct deposit, and official check services. It serves business, non-profit, governmental, municipal agency, and professional customers, as well as retail customers. Peoples Financial Services Corp. was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Peoples Financial Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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39th Percentile Overall Score

PFIS MarketRank™: 

Peoples Financial Services scored higher than 39% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 728th out of 959 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Peoples Financial Services has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Peoples Financial Services has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Peoples Financial Services' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Peoples Financial Services are expected to grow by 22.32% in the coming year, from $4.39 to $5.37 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Peoples Financial Services is 50.11, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.78.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Peoples Financial Services is 50.11, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 48.07.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Peoples Financial Services has a P/B Ratio of 1.07. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.55% of the outstanding shares of Peoples Financial Services have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Peoples Financial Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Peoples Financial Services has recently increased by 12.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Peoples Financial Services is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.47%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Peoples Financial Services does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Peoples Financial Services is 239.81%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Peoples Financial Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.00% next year. This indicates that Peoples Financial Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Peoples Financial Services' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.55% of the outstanding shares of Peoples Financial Services have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Peoples Financial Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Peoples Financial Services has recently increased by 12.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Peoples Financial Services has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.
  • Search Interest

    1 people have searched for PFIS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Peoples Financial Services insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 4.10% of the stock of Peoples Financial Services is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 31.67% of the stock of Peoples Financial Services is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Peoples Financial Services' insider trading history.
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PFIS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Peoples Financial Services' stock was trading at $48.70 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, PFIS stock has increased by 6.0% and is now trading at $51.61.
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Peoples Financial Services Corp. (NASDAQ:PFIS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.56. The financial services provider earned $74.01 million during the quarter. Peoples Financial Services had a net margin of 3.00% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.73%.

Top institutional shareholders of Peoples Financial Services include Peoples Financial Services CORP. (3.17%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.12%), State Street Corp (1.82%) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include William E Aubrey II, Ronald G Kukuchka, Thomas P Tulaney, Richard S Lochen Jr and Elisa Z Ramirez.
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Shares of PFIS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Peoples Financial Services investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), ServiceNow (NOW), Adobe (ADBE) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
11/05/2024
Ex-Dividend for 12/13 Dividend
11/29/2024
Dividend Payable
12/13/2024
Today
12/18/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Finance
Industry
National commercial banks
Sub-Industry
Banking
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PFIS
Employees
400
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$50.00
High Stock Price Target
$53.00
Low Stock Price Target
$47.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-9.2%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$27.38 million
Pretax Margin
3.41%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$113.63 million
Cash Flow
$4.82 per share
Book Value
$48.35 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
9,585,000
Market Cap
$550.42 million
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.55

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This page (NASDAQ:PFIS) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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