Provident Financial Services, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US74386T1051

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of James P Dunigan. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate James P Dunigan has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:PFS / Provident Financial Services, Inc. Director 48,904
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by James P Dunigan. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases PFS / Provident Financial Services, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in PFS / Provident Financial Services, Inc.. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
2023-11-10 PFS Dunigan James P 200 14.2524 200 14.2524 2,850 362 21.7900 1,508 52.91
2023-09-12 PFS Dunigan James P 100 15.7300 100 15.7300 1,573
2023-05-02 PFS Dunigan James P 500 15.6191 500 15.6191 7,810
2022-11-28 PFS Dunigan James P 500 22.0378 500 22.0378 11,019
2021-11-26 PFS Dunigan James P 200 23.5700 200 23.5700 4,714
2021-11-19 PFS Dunigan James P 300 24.4366 300 24.4366 7,331
2021-08-17 PFS Dunigan James P 500 21.7280 500 21.7280 10,864
2020-08-11 PFS Dunigan James P 500 14.6250 500 14.6250 7,312
2020-05-04 PFS Dunigan James P 1,000 13.0850 1,000 13.0850 13,085
2019-12-04 PFS Dunigan James P 1,000 23.8800 1,000 23.8800 23,880
2019-09-03 PFS Dunigan James P 1,000 23.5931 1,000 23.5931 23,593
2019-06-06 PFS Dunigan James P 500 24.0290 500 24.0290 12,014
2019-05-08 PFS Dunigan James P 500 26.2364 500 26.2364 13,118
2019-02-27 PFS Dunigan James P 400 27.2900 400 27.2900 10,916
2019-02-27 PFS Dunigan James P 600 27.3000 600 27.3000 16,380
2018-10-31 PFS Dunigan James P 20 24.8400 20 24.8400 497
2018-10-31 PFS Dunigan James P 780 24.8700 780 24.8700 19,399
2018-10-31 PFS Dunigan James P 200 24.8500 200 24.8500 4,970
2018-07-31 PFS Dunigan James P 1,000 25.4850 1,000 25.4850 25,485
2018-06-11 PFS Dunigan James P 800 28.4149 800 28.4149 22,732

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

PFS / Provident Financial Services, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales PFS / Provident Financial Services, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in PFS / Provident Financial Services, Inc.. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

PFS / Provident Financial Services, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by James P Dunigan as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2025-05-02 2025-05-01 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 5,392 48,904 12.39
2024-05-30 2024-05-28 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 6,177 43,512 16.54
2023-11-13 2023-11-10 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 200 37,335 0.54 14.25 2,850 532,113
2023-09-13 2023-09-12 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 100 37,135 0.27 15.73 1,573 584,134
2023-05-05 2023-05-03 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 5,762 37,035 18.42
2023-05-03 2023-05-02 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 500 31,273 1.62 15.62 7,810 488,456
2022-11-29 2022-11-28 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 500 30,773 1.65 22.04 11,019 678,169
2022-05-06 2022-05-04 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,949 30,273 15.00
2021-11-29 2021-11-26 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 200 26,324 0.77 23.57 4,714 620,457
2021-11-22 2021-11-19 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 300 26,124 1.16 24.44 7,331 638,382
2021-08-18 2021-08-17 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 500 25,824 1.97 21.73 10,864 561,104
2021-05-05 2021-05-04 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,627 25,324 16.72
2020-08-12 2020-08-11 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 500 21,697 2.36 14.62 7,312 317,319
2020-05-05 2020-05-04 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 21,197 4.95 13.08 13,085 277,363
2020-05-05 2020-05-04 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 6,839 20,197 51.20
2019-12-06 2019-12-04 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 13,358 8.09 23.88 23,880 318,989
2019-09-04 2019-09-03 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 12,358 8.80 23.59 23,593 291,564
2019-06-07 2019-06-06 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 500 11,358 4.60 24.03 12,014 272,921
2019-05-09 2019-05-08 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 500 10,858 4.83 26.24 13,118 284,875
2019-05-02 2019-05-01 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,432 10,358 49.55
2019-02-28 2019-02-27 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 600 6,926 9.48 27.30 16,380 189,080
2019-02-28 2019-02-27 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 400 6,326 6.75 27.29 10,916 172,637
2018-11-02 2018-10-31 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 200 5,926 3.49 24.85 4,970 147,261
2018-11-02 2018-10-31 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 780 5,726 15.77 24.87 19,399 142,406
2018-11-02 2018-10-31 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 20 4,946 0.41 24.84 497 122,859
2018-08-01 2018-07-31 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 4,926 25.47 25.48 25,485 125,539
2018-06-12 2018-06-11 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 800 3,926 25.59 28.41 22,732 111,557
2018-06-05 2018-06-01 4 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,926 3,126 1,463.00
2018-05-30 3 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
400
2018-05-30 3 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
400
2018-05-30 3 PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Common Stock
400
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)