Provident Finl Servs (NYSE:PFS) reported quarterly earnings of $0.64 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.56 by 15.11 percent. This is a 72.97 percent increase over earnings of $0.37 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $197.411 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $207.587 million by 4.90 percent. This is a 8.62 percent increase over sales of $181.737 million the same period last year.