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• HSBC Holdings plc (HBC) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 22, 2013
• Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (PROV) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 20, 2013
• LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (LPSB) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 17, 2013

• HBC 100% Rate It
• KBWR 0% Rate It
• PBCT 0% Rate It
• PFS 0% Rate It

Provident Financial Services, Inc ( PFS ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 05, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.2 per share scheduled for December 21, 2012. Shareholders who purchased PFS stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 53.85% increase over the prior month. At the current stock price of $14.49, the dividend yield is 16.56%.

The previous trading day's last sale of PFS was $14.49, representing a -10.83% decrease from the 52 week high of $16.25 and a 16.01% increase over the 52 week low of $12.49.

PFS is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as HSBC Holdings plc ( HBC ) and People's United Financial, Inc. ( PBCT ). PFS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.14. Zacks Investment Research reports PFS's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as 14.09%, compared to an industry average of 6.7%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the PFS Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to PFS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have PFS as a top-10 holding:

• PowerShares KBW Regional Banking Portfolio ETF ( KBWR ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is KBWR with an increase of 1.83% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of PFS at 2.32%.

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