Provident Bancorp (NASDAQ:PVBC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.16 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.13 by 23.08 percent. This is a 300 percent increase over earnings of $0.04 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $14.744 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $15.200 million by 3.00 percent. This is a 4.44 percent increase over sales of $14.117 million the same period last year.