PFIS
Peoples Financial Services Corp.
PFIS's fundamentals are strong, but it looks expensive: trading at 12x earnings, above its usual 10x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
PFIS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
PFIS's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like PFIS.
PFIS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.7x | $52.85 | -27% |
| Fair | 10x | $62.18 | -15% |
| Forward | 10x | $72.85 | — |
| Current | 12x | $72.85 | — |
| Expensive | 15x | $90.52 | +24% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
PFIS's PE is in its expensive range at 12x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 10x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
PFIS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for PFIS, with profitability improving.
PFIS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $7.19 | +19% |
| Q3 2026 | $6.05 | +17% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.66 | +76% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.86 | +194% |
| Q4 2025 | $5.88 | +494% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.15 | +395% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.21 | +33% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.99 | -39% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.99 | -74% |
PFIS earned $6.05 per share over the past year, up 17% from the year before.
PFIS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $53M | +13% |
| Q2 2026 | $52.1M | +7.6% |
| Q1 2026 | $49.8M | +8.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $46.8M | +5.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $46.7M | +3.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $48.4M | +116% |
| Q1 2025 | $45.8M | +102% |
| Q4 2024 | $44.2M | +88% |
PFIS's revenue has grown year over year for nine quarters in a row: $53M last quarter, up 13% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 42% | +1.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 35% | -6.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | 37% | -2.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 31% | +18 points |
| Q3 2025 | 40% | +52 points |
| Q2 2025 | 42% | +26 points |
| Q1 2025 | 40% | +23 points |
| Q4 2024 | 13% | -4.8 points |
PFIS's operating margin was 42% last quarter, up 1.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
PFIS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $13.6M | +4% |
| Q2 2026 | $12.2M | +43% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.5M | -24% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.2M | +133% |
| Q3 2025 | $13M | -39% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.5M | +534% |
| Q1 2025 | $8.6M | +185% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.7M | -35% |
PFIS's free cash flow was $45M over the past year, up 27% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like PFIS.
PFIS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +14.2K shares |
| 1 year | -0.4% | -36.7K shares |
| 3 years | +41% | +2.9M shares |
| 5 years | +39% | +2.8M shares |
| Available history | +36% | +2.7M shares |
PFIS has 10M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
PFIS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 2.3x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | 0.2x | Very low |
PFIS's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 1.5 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like PFIS.
PFIS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 67.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 63.2 | Neutral |
PFIS's weekly RSI is 67 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 63 (neutral).
PFIS PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | PFIS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 12x | 13x | 7.5% below |
| PE % | 71 | 63 | 8 pts above |
PFIS is trading at 12x earnings, in line with the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
PFIS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $70.1 | 3.9% above |
| 20 week MA | $70.0 | 4.1% above |
| 50 week MA | $61.1 | 19% above |
| 100 week MA | $54.8 | 33% above |
| 200 week MA | $49.6 | 47% above |
PFIS is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 47% above its 200-week average.
PFIS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $50.0 | $37.2 | -26% |
| 2021 | $37.2 | $52.6 | +42% |
| 2022 | $52.6 | $51.2 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | $51.2 | $48.7 | -4.8% |
| 2024 | $48.7 | $51.1 | +4.9% |
| 2025 | $51.1 | $49.6 | -3% |
| 2026 YTD | $49.6 | $72.9 | +47% |
PFIS is up 47% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in four of the previous six years.