Columbia Financial - CLBK Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CLBK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CLBK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Columbia Financial's shares. Their CLBK share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price.
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Columbia Financial's stock was trading at $21.62 at the start of the year. Since then, CLBK shares have decreased by 3.8% and is now trading at $20.79.
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Columbia Financial saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,380,000 shares, a drop of 14.3% from the December 31st total of 1,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 126,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.9 days. Currently, 4.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Columbia Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLBK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 25th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.21. The company had revenue of $95.46 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.60 million. Columbia Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.69% and a net margin of 25.34%.

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Columbia Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CLBK."

Columbia Financial's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.15%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.03%), Hudson Capital Management LLC (0.02%), Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC (0.01%), Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC (0.01%) and SG Americas Securities LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Allyson Katz Schlesinger, Dennis E Gibney, Dyk Robert Van, Elizabeth E Randall, Michael Jr Massood and Ostenbridge Paul Van.
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Shares of CLBK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CLBK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.79.

Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion and generates $340.07 million in revenue each year. The company earns $86.17 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.82 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 645 workers across the globe.

Columbia Financial's mailing address is 19-01 Route 208 North, Fair Lawn NJ, 07140. The official website for the company is www.columbiabankonline.com. The company can be reached via phone at (800) 522-4167.