Columbia Financial (CLBK) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CLBK or OMF?

Columbia Financial currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. OneMain has a consensus target price of $58.40, suggesting a potential upside of 14.06%. Given OneMain's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OneMain is more favorable than Columbia Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Columbia Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
OneMain	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media refer more to CLBK or OMF?

In the previous week, OneMain had 8 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for OneMain and 0 mentions for Columbia Financial. OneMain's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Columbia Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that OneMain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Columbia Financial	Neutral
OneMain	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CLBK or OMF?

12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of OneMain shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Columbia Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of OneMain shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CLBK or OMF?

OneMain has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Financial. Columbia Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneMain, 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
Columbia Financial	$189.02M	8.34	-$11.65M	-$0.02	-751.50
OneMain	$4.65B	1.31	$509M	$4.73	10.82

Is CLBK or OMF more profitable?

OneMain has a net margin of 10.19% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of -2.39%. OneMain's return on equity of 18.39% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Columbia Financial	-2.39%	2.20%	0.22%
OneMain	10.19%	18.39%	2.34%

Which has more risk and volatility, CLBK or OMF?

Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneMain has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLBK or OMF?

OneMain received 353 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 66.35% of users gave OneMain an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Columbia Financial	Outperform Votes 138 67.65%	Underperform Votes 66 32.35%
OneMain	Outperform Votes 491 66.35%	Underperform Votes 249 33.65%

Summary

OneMain beats Columbia Financial on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.