CASH vs. CLBK, PFS, OCFC, FBC, BRKL, SNV, ONB, FNB, UMBF, and VLY
Should you be buying Pathward Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pathward Financial include Columbia Financial (CLBK), Provident Financial Services (PFS), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and Valley National Bancorp (VLY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) and Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Pathward Financial received 192 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 63.95% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote.
92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Columbia Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pathward Financial presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.41%. Columbia Financial has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.55%. Given Columbia Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbia Financial is more favorable than Pathward Financial.
Pathward Financial has a net margin of 22.90% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of 3.70%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 25.09% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.
Pathward Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Financial. Pathward Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pathward Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pathward Financial and 2 mentions for Columbia Financial. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Columbia Financial's score of 0.01 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Columbia Financial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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