Reiterated Outperform X

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Hovde Group

$22.50 $23.50

Initiated Strong Buy X

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Raymond James

$21

Initiated Outperform X

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Hovde Group

$25

Upgrades Mkt Perform Outperform X

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Keefe Bruyette

$20 $21

Upgrades Neutral Buy X

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DA Davidson

$15 $20

Upgrades Neutral Overweight X

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Piper Sandler

$20

Downgrades Overweight Neutral X

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Piper Sandler

$26

Upgrades Sec Perform Outperform X

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RBC Capital Mkts

$23 $26

Upgrades Hold Buy X

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Sandler O’Neill

Downgrades Buy Hold X

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Sandler O’Neill

PFS  Provident Financial Services, Inc

Provident Financial Services Inc. is a holding company for The Provident Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a New Jersey-chartered capital stock savings bank. As a community and customer-oriented institution, the Bank provides personal service and customer convenience in serving the financial needs of the individuals, families and businesses residing in its primary markets areas. The Bank attracts deposits from the general public and businesses in the areas surrounding its banking offices and uses those funds, together with funds generated from operations and borrowings, to originate commercial real estate loans, residential mortgage loans, commercial business loans and consumer loans. The Bank also invests in mortgage-backed securities and other permissible investments. It operates service branch offices in the New Jersey counties of Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, as well as in Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania.