Provident Finl Servs Q3 EPS $0.55 Beats $0.54 Estimate, Sales $194.332M Miss $198.946M Estimate

Provident Finl Servs (NYSE:PFS) reported quarterly earnings of $0.55 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.54 by 1.48 percent. This is a 52.78 percent increase over earnings of $0.36 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $194.332 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $198.946 million by 2.32 percent. This is a 5.79 percent increase over sales of $183.701 million the same period last year.