Best Income Stocks to Buy for August 31st
PROV, VAC and TGT made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on August 31, 2026.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B. that provides community banking and financial services ...
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Est. EPS $0.32 · Revenue $10.30M · 2 analysts
Est. EPS $0.34 · Revenue $10.40M · 2 analysts
Est. EPS $0.34 · Revenue $10.20M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $1.34 · Revenue $41.40M · 1 analysts
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| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
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| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $59.6M | -0.9% | +4.4% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $6.7M | +6.4% | +61.3% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +68.1% | +3.3% | +7.2% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | +16.2% | +9.6% | +47.3% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | +11.2% | +7.4% | +54.5% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $9.0M | +10.0% | +90.3% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | +15.0% | +11.0% | +82.3% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 124.4% | -24.9% | -15.5% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 0.48x | +639.9% | -29.8% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $1.2B | -3.0% | -0.8% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | 1.03 vs 1.03 | -0.5% | 0.34 vs 0.29 | +17.2% |
| Revenue Surprise | $59.6M vs $39.4M | +51.3% | $15.2M vs $10.0M | +52.2% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Van Stockum Michael Scott | officer: Senior Vice President | Common Stock, PAR value $0.01 | D | 272 | $18.02 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Ritter Robert Scott | officer: Senior Vice President | Common Stock, PAR value $0.01 | D | 601 | $18.02 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Sunarto Haryanto Lee | officer: Vice President | Common Stock, PAR value $0.01 | D | 357 | $18.02 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | TERNES DONAVON P | officer: President & CEO | Common Stock, PAR value $0.01 | D | 1,346 | $18.02 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Wertz Gwendolyn | officer: Senior Vice President | Common Stock, PAR value $0.01 | D | 601 | $18.02 |
Operator: Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Lacey, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Provident Financial Holdings Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026 Earnings Call. Thank you. I'd now like to turn the call over to Donavon Ternes, please go ahead. Donavon Ternes: Thank you, Lacey. Good morning. This is Donavon Ternes, President and CEO of Provident Financial Holdings. And on the call with me is Peter Fan, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I have a brief administrative item to address. Our presentation today discusses the company's business outlook and will include forward-looking statements. Those statements include descriptions of management's plans, objectives or goals for future operations, products or services, forecasts of financial or other performance measures and statements about the company's general outlook for interest rates, economic and business conditions. We also may make forward-looking statements during the question-and-answer period following management's presentation. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those discussed today. Information on the risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from any forward-looking statement is available from the earnings release that was distributed yesterday from the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2025, and from the Form 10-Qs and other SEC filings that are filed subsequent to the Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements are effective only as of the date that they are made, and the company assumes no obligation to update this information. To begin with, thank you for participating in our call. I hope that each of you has had an opportunity to review our earnings release that we distributed yesterday, which describes our fourth quarter and fiscal 2026 results. In the most recent quarter, loan originations increased while loan prepayments declined, resulting in a modest loan growth of approximately $3 million, primarily in our portfolio of single-family loans. We originated $46.4 million of loans held for investment, a 5% increase from the $44.2 million originated in the prior sequential quarter. Loan principal payments and payoffs declined to $43.5 million, a decrease of 16% from the $52.1 million in the March 2026 quarter. We have seen loan prepayment activity decline in the current interest rate environment as refinancing opportunities are less attractive. We continue to make adjustments to our underwriting requirements within certain loan segments to support disciplined, sustainable growth and origination volume. Despite the volatility in the market, our loan pipeline has remained stable, suggesting our loan origination volume in the September 2026 quarter will remain at the upper end of the range of recent quarters which has been between $29 million and $46 …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donavon Ternes | President & Chief Executive Officer | USD 554,113 | Male | 1960 | Active |
Peter C. Fan | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary | USD 258,902 | Male | — | Active |
Michael Scott Van Stockum | Senior V.P & Chief Lending Officer | — | — | — | Active |
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Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (PROV) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Provident Financial NASDAQ: PROV reported modest loan growth in its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2026, as higher loan originations and lower prepayments supported expansion in its single-family loan portfolio, President and CEO Donavon Ternes said during the company's earnings call.
