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Columbia Financial (CLBK) Competitors

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$15.10 +0.03 (+0.20%)
As of 07/9/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CLBK vs. BUSE, CNOB, HBNC, IBCP, PGC, THFF, UMBF, BY, PFS, and TMP

Should you be buying Columbia Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Financial include First Busey (BUSE), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Horizon Bancorp (IN) (HBNC), Independent Bank (IBCP), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), UMB Financial (UMBF), Byline Bancorp (BY), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Columbia Financial vs. Its Competitors

Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Columbia Financial$489.17M3.24-$11.65M-$0.02-755.00
First Busey$663.36M3.27$113.69M$1.0722.66

Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Busey had 7 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Busey and 1 mentions for Columbia Financial. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Columbia Financial's score of 0.55 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Columbia Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Busey
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Columbia Financial presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.09%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey 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
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

First Busey has a net margin of 8.32% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of -0.32%. First Busey's return on equity of 8.46% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Columbia Financial-0.32% 2.96% 0.30%
First Busey 8.32%8.46%0.96%

12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Columbia Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Busey beats Columbia Financial on 16 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CLBK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLBK vs. The Competition

MetricColumbia FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.58B$7.51B$12.01B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A4.78%5.55%4.04%
P/E Ratio-755.0018.1020.0020.16
Price / Sales3.245.2325.45174.36
Price / Cash38.1121.8221.4557.97
Price / Book1.462.722.275.62
Net Income-$11.65M$306.40M$990.08M$248.50M
7 Day Performance-1.02%0.58%-0.15%4.49%
1 Month Performance4.50%9.33%2.73%7.03%
1 Year Performance0.60%27.21%540.02%21.07%

Columbia Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.3571 of 5 stars
$15.10
+0.2%
$16.00
+6.0%
+2.5%$1.58B$489.17M-755.00750News Coverage
BUSE
First Busey
4.7469 of 5 stars
$22.89
-1.4%
$27.33
+19.4%
+1.5%$2.08B$663.36M21.391,548Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.9027 of 5 stars
$23.16
-1.0%
$28.50
+23.1%
+34.1%$900.20M$534.62M12.52520Positive News
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
4.4874 of 5 stars
$15.38
-0.7%
$17.33
+12.7%
+30.2%$681.78M$359.45M15.08910Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.0254 of 5 stars
$32.41
-0.6%
$36.67
+13.1%
+30.2%$675.92M$323.14M10.32920Positive News
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
3.6787 of 5 stars
$28.25
flat
$37.33
+32.2%
+41.5%$501.04M$406.92M15.69500
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.6526 of 5 stars
$54.19
0.0%
$55.67
+2.7%
+53.9%$642.42M$307.51M11.73880Analyst Forecast
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.9755 of 5 stars
$105.16
-0.8%
$122.88
+16.8%
+32.3%$8.05B$2.80B13.233,698Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BY
Byline Bancorp
4.1646 of 5 stars
$26.76
-0.1%
$33.25
+24.3%
+21.1%$1.24B$624.78M9.911,027
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1316 of 5 stars
$17.55
-0.9%
$23.60
+34.5%
+27.7%$2.31B$1.14B15.811,801
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.3788 of 5 stars
$62.73
-1.4%
$69.00
+10.0%
N/A$918.75M$435.70M12.201,011News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:CLBK) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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