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Provident Bancorp (Provident Bancorp) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.49 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Provident Bancorp's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $95.00 Mil. Provident Bancorp's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.87 Mil. Provident Bancorp's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $221.90 Mil. Provident Bancorp's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.49.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Provident Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

PVBC' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08   Med: 0.47   Max: 0.63
Current: 0.49

During the past 11 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Provident Bancorp was 0.63. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.47.

PVBC's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
61.3% of 1398 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.7 vs PVBC: 0.49

Provident Bancorp Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Provident Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Provident Bancorp Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.13 0.08 0.08 0.63 0.49

Provident Bancorp Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.34 0.39 0.43 0.49

Competitive Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Provident Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Provident Bancorp Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Provident Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Provident Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Provident Bancorp Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Provident Bancorp's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Provident Bancorp's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Provident Bancorp  (NAS:PVBC) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Provident Bancorp (Provident Bancorp) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5 Market Street, Amesbury, MA, USA, 01913
Provident Bancorp Inc provides a range of banking products and services to small and medium-sized commercial customers. It attracts deposits from the general public and uses those funds to originate loans, commercial real estate, construction and land, and commercial business loans, and to invest in securities. The company lending activities include providing commercial real estate loans, multi-family residential real estate loans, commercial business loans, construction and land development loans, one-to four-family residential loans, home equity loans & lines of credit, and consumer loans.
Executives
Joseph Stilwell 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Investments, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Value Llc 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Partners L P 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FL., NEW YORK NY 10006
Kathleen Chase Curran director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Carol L Houle officer: Co-President, Co-CEO and CFO 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Barbara Piette director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Laurie H Knapp director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Joseph Mancini officer: Chief Operating Officer 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Mohammad Shaikh director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Cousins Frank G Jr director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
James A Deleo director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Jay E Gould director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913
Lisa Destefano director 5 MARKET STREET, AMESBURY MA 01913