EXHIBIT 13

2025 Annual Report to Stockholders

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2025 Annual Report

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Message From the Chairman

Dear Shareholders:

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I am pleased to forward our Annual Report for fiscal 2025 highlighting our financial results. Last year I noted in the Chairman’s Message that we were looking forward to “a less restrictive monetary policy environment, where elevated interest rates and the inverted yield curve begin to reverse course and normalize.” A year later we do see significant progress in the Federal Open Market Committee’s (“FOMC”) efforts to reduce inflation, while not causing a meaningful downturn in the economy. Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) has continued its expansion and the labor market has been resilient. However, the inverted yield curve persists. The current uncertainty with tariff policy has paused monetary policy easing as trade negotiations unfold and while the FOMC evaluates its economic impact. More uncertainty was added with the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (“OBBBA”). While designed to stimulate the economy in the short term, the OBBBA is projected to increase the federal deficit over the next decade. One of the negative implications of a large federal deficit is higher long-term interest rates. As we enter fiscal 2026, the market is expecting the easing of monetary policy to resume later this calendar year but we are cognizant of the weaker employment data that was recently released and its potential downstream impact on the economy. We are also observing some weaknesses in the California real estate market. After years of being a seller’s market, real estate prices have experienced year-over-year declines in certain markets. Home affordability in California, and in many parts of the country, are at a record low. With high prices coupled with elevated interest rates and market uncertainties, it is inevitable that the housing market takes a breather. We are hopeful it is nothing more. In any case, we are well positioned for whatever comes. We have a strong capital position and pristine credit quality. Our credit culture has served us well in the past and continues to do so in the present, placing the Company in the top tiers of all credit metrics. Our goal is to be good stewards of our capital by executing a strategy of disciplined, sustainable growth, conservative credit underwriting, and consistent returns of capital to our shareholders.

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Fiscal 2025  

Last year, I described that our fiscal 2025 Business Plan reflected measured growth in loans and retail deposits, disciplined control of operating expenses, and sound capital management. Our fiscal 2025 financial results, described in the following Financial Highlights, were mixed, reflecting a decline in both net income and total assets compared to the prior year.

During fiscal 2025, the FOMC began implementing looser monetary policy. As the yield curve began to normalize, we transitioned to a less restrictive operating strategy as our business model performs better in a flat or upwardly sloping yield curve environment. Our loan production increased 61 percent to $122 million from the prior fiscal year, but our momentum was slowed by higher-than-normal levels of loan prepayments toward the end of the fiscal year. As a result, our loans held for investment decreased by approximately one percent for the fiscal year. Deposit growth remained a challenge as the competition for deposits remained intense. Some competitors, including large banks, were offering rates that were equal to, or above, wholesale levels. We made accommodations, as appropriate, to our pricing based on our evaluation of the customer relationships, while maintaining our pricing discipline, and augmented our funding needs with higher cost certificate of deposits. Total deposits remained flat but transaction accounts decreased six percent during the fiscal year. Our net interest margin reached an inflection point and increased 15 basis points to 2.93 percent for the fiscal year. The improvement came mostly through higher loan yields as loans exited their fixed rate term and generally adjusted to higher interest rates.

We continued our quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per share in fiscal 2025 while repurchasing approximately 285,000 shares of our common stock under the stock repurchase plans.

Lastly, I would be remiss if I did not mention that we have not incurred any loan charge-offs during the year. In fact, it has been over seven years since the Company reported a net charge-off for a fiscal year.

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Fiscal 2026

Similar to fiscal 2025, we plan to emphasize measured growth in loans held for investment and retail deposits; disciplined control of operating expenses where we continue to improve operating efficiencies; and sound capital management practices. We believe this is reasonable and prudent in a less restrictive monetary policy environment, where elevated interest rates and the inverted yield curve begin to reverse course and normalize. We plan to continue to return capital to shareholders in the form of cash dividends and stock repurchases. The Company has a strong capital position which has withstood our internal stress tests very well supporting this strategy. We remain committed to single-family, multi-family, and commercial real estate mortgage lending as our primary sources of asset growth and we will redeploy cash flows from investment securities to support the growth of our loan portfolio.

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A Final Word

This coming year, the Bank will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding, serving the great city of Riverside and its surrounding communities. As many of you are aware, Provident was founded by my father, Gordon A. Blunden, in 1956. After he retired in 1990, I had the honor of assuming his place in leading the Company. It is an honor I have held for 35 years. As I reflect on the history of Provident, I am proud of our legacy as a trusted provider of banking services to our communities and, just as importantly, this organization’s dedication to our communities through service and investments. As the great businessman and philanthropist Charlie Munger once said, “Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets – and can be lost in a heartbeat.”  As we look to the next year and beyond, I want to assure you that the team at Provident is determined and dedicated to carrying on this Company’s reputation and legacy, just as we have since our founding. We will not move away from our community banking roots or from serving the families and small businesses of the Inland Empire; moreover, we will continue to celebrate and expand on that heritage.      

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In closing, I would like to recognize and thank our staff of banking professionals and Directors for their commitment to Provident. We could not operate our business without their loyalty and dedication. I would also like to express my appreciation to our customers, shareholders, and the communities we serve. To all of you, thank you for your continued patronage and support. We recognize that our continued success is inextricably linked to each of you and is dependent upon your ongoing support.

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Sincerely,

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Financial Highlights

The following tables set forth information concerning the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Corporation and its subsidiary at the dates and for the periods indicated.

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Financial Highlights

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Shareholder Information

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of shareholders will be held virtually by means of remote communication on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific). A formal notice of the meeting, together with a proxy statement and proxy form, will be mailed to shareholders.

CORPORATE OFFICE

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.

3756 Central Avenue

Riverside, CA 92506

(951) 686-6060

INTERNET ADDRESS

www.myprovident.com

SPECIAL COUNSEL

Breyer & Associates PC

8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 785

McLean, VA 22102

(703) 883-1100

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Deloitte & Touche LLP

695 Town Center Drive, Suite 1000

Costa Mesa, CA 92626-7188

(714) 436-7100

TRANSFER AGENT

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MARKET INFORMATION

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol PROV.

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Requests for copies of the Form 10-K and Forms 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission should be directed in writing to:

Peter C. Fan

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.

3756 Central Avenue

Riverside, CA 92506

CORPORATE PROFILE

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a Delaware corporation, was organized in January 1996 for the purpose of becoming the holding company for Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B. (the “Bank”) upon the Bank’s conversion from a federal mutual to a federal stock savings bank (“Conversion”). The Conversion was completed on June 27, 1996. The Corporation does not engage in any significant activity other than holding the stock of the Bank. The Bank serves the banking needs of select communities in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and has mortgage lending operations in California.

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Board of Directors and Senior Officers

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Provident Locations

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Customer Information 1-800-442-5201 or www.myprovident.com

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Corporate Office

3756 Central Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506

(951) 686-6060

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www.myprovident.com

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NASDAQ Global Select Market - PROV