COLB vs. HOMB, BPOP, UBSI, WAL, WTFC, SSB, FFIN, GBCI, PB, and CBSH
Should you be buying Columbia Banking System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Banking System include Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Popular (BPOP), United Bankshares (UBSI), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), SouthState (SSB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Columbia Banking System vs.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 6 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 3 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 0.77 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.91%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus price target of $28.44, indicating a potential upside of 35.06%. Given Columbia Banking System's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Columbia Banking System has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
60.4% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) received 234 more outperform votes than Columbia Banking System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.50% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 47.34% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Banking System. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 28.70% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 16.18%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity of 12.00% beat Columbia Banking System's return on equity.
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats Columbia Banking System on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding COLB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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