Columbia Financial (CLBK) Competitors

Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) and Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, CADE or CLBK?

Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CADE or CLBK?

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cadence Bank and 3 mentions for Columbia Financial. Columbia Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Cadence Bank's score of 1.30 indicating that Columbia Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadence Bank	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbia Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CADE or CLBK?

Cadence Bank currently has a consensus price target of $36.82, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. Columbia Financial has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Given Cadence Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than Columbia Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Columbia Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CADE or CLBK?

Cadence Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Financial. Columbia Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadence Bank	$921.95M	6.21	$523.60M	$2.85	11.02
Columbia Financial	$189.02M	8.02	-$11.65M	-$0.02	-722.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CADE or CLBK?

Cadence Bank received 185 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 323 59.38%	Underperform Votes 221 40.63%
Columbia Financial	Outperform Votes 138 67.65%	Underperform Votes 66 32.35%

Is CADE or CLBK more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of -2.39%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 9.87% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadence Bank	18.03%	9.87%	1.07%
Columbia Financial	-2.39%	2.20%	0.22%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CADE or CLBK?

84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Columbia Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cadence Bank beats Columbia Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.