Columbia Financial - CLBK Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street 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 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Columbia Financial's stock. Their CLBK share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $24.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price.
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Columbia Financial's stock was trading at $20.86 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, CLBK shares have increased by 1.6% and is now trading at $21.20.
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Columbia Financial saw a decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, a decline of 7.6% from the October 31st total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 136,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.0 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 24th 2023.
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Columbia Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLBK) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.02. The business earned $66.23 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $67.40 million. Columbia Financial had a net margin of 27.37% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.96%.

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

Columbia Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.32%), BlackRock Inc. (2.37%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.94%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.79%), State Street Corp (0.77%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.17%). 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 $21.20.

Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) has a market capitalization of $2.32 billion and generates $308.98 million in revenue each year. The company earns $92.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.84 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.