CLBK vs. CASH, FBC, PFS, OCFC, BRKL, COOP, PFSI, CADE, OMF, and HWC
Should you be buying Columbia Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Financial include Pathward Financial (CASH), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Cadence Bank (CADE), OneMain (OMF), and Hancock Whitney (HWC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) and Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Pathward Financial has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of 4.11%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 23.59% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.
12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Columbia Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pathward Financial received 193 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Columbia Financial and Columbia Financial both had 6 articles in the media. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Columbia Financial's score of 0.48 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbia Financial currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.92%. Pathward Financial has a consensus target price of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Given Pathward Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than Columbia Financial.
Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Columbia Financial on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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