Provident Bancorp (NASDAQ:PVBC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.17 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.12 by 41.67 percent. This is a 185 percent increase over losses of $(0.20) per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $15.758 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $15.000 million by 5.05 percent. This is a 16.93 percent increase over sales of $13.476 million the same period last year.