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Columbia Financial (CLBK) Competitors

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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

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

First Busey has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
First Busey$475.63M4.57$113.69M$1.0722.72
Columbia Financial$489.17M3.27-$11.65M-$0.02-762.90

First Busey currently has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.81%. Columbia Financial has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.86%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Columbia Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Columbia Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
First Busey8.32% 8.46% 0.96%
Columbia Financial -0.32%2.96%0.30%

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 media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

First Busey beats Columbia Financial on 15 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$1.60B$7.70B$12.06B$9.03B
Dividend YieldN/A4.78%5.55%4.03%
P/E Ratio-763.5018.2720.0720.17
Price / Sales3.275.3925.43184.26
Price / Cash38.1121.8221.4557.97
Price / Book1.482.762.295.60
Net Income-$11.65M$306.40M$990.08M$248.50M
7 Day Performance0.02%2.37%0.14%5.07%
1 Month Performance5.59%11.27%3.05%7.53%
1 Year Performance1.65%28.20%540.30%21.54%

Columbia Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.3657 of 5 stars
$15.26
+1.0%
$16.00
+4.9%
+2.5%$1.60B$489.17M-763.50750News Coverage
BUSE
First Busey
4.753 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
4.9051 of 5 stars
$23.16
-1.0%
$28.50
+23.1%
+34.1%$900.20M$534.62M12.52520
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
3.0311 of 5 stars
$32.41
-0.6%
$36.67
+13.1%
+30.2%$675.92M$323.14M10.32920Positive News
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
3.6913 of 5 stars
$28.25
flat
$37.33
+32.2%
+41.5%$501.04M$406.92M15.69500
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.6622 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
4.1817 of 5 stars
$26.76
-0.1%
$33.25
+24.3%
+21.1%$1.24B$624.78M9.911,027
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1519 of 5 stars
$17.55
-0.9%
$23.60
+34.5%
+27.7%$2.31B$1.14B15.811,801
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.3894 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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