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COLB vs. KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, PNFP, WAL, WTFC, CBSH, and CFR

Should you be buying Columbia Banking System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Banking System include KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Columbia Banking System vs. Its Competitors

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

KeyCorp has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, KeyCorp had 9 more articles in the media than Columbia Banking System. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for KeyCorp and 18 mentions for Columbia Banking System. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 0.19 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KeyCorp
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Columbia Banking System
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

KeyCorp presently has a consensus target price of $18.97, suggesting a potential upside of 2.80%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus target price of $29.29, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Given Columbia Banking System's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than KeyCorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KeyCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Columbia Banking System
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. KeyCorp pays out -482.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 61.0% 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. Columbia Banking System has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Columbia Banking System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

79.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of KeyCorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Columbia Banking System has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Banking System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KeyCorp$4.64B4.36-$161M-$0.17-108.56
Columbia Banking System$1.95B2.75$533.67M$2.3610.78

Columbia Banking System has a net margin of 16.85% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of -0.12%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 11.12% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KeyCorp-0.12% 9.43% 0.74%
Columbia Banking System 16.85%11.12%1.11%

Summary

Columbia Banking System beats KeyCorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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COLB vs. The Competition

MetricColumbia Banking SystemBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.35B$1.93B$12.05B$9.01B
Dividend Yield5.88%3.37%5.58%4.09%
P/E Ratio10.7811.7720.0820.06
Price / Sales2.752.6025.72108.31
Price / Cash8.0211.4621.3456.90
Price / Book1.041.322.285.67
Net Income$533.67M$198.60M$1.00B$248.47M
7 Day Performance8.11%5.82%2.31%2.90%
1 Month Performance8.58%8.78%4.37%5.75%
1 Year Performance30.11%27.08%541.13%21.36%

Columbia Banking System Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COLB
Columbia Banking System
3.4085 of 5 stars
$25.45
+1.5%
$29.29
+15.1%
+26.4%$5.35B$1.95B10.784,721News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9068 of 5 stars
$16.50
+2.1%
$18.92
+14.7%
+26.3%$18.08B$9.24B-97.0416,753Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7405 of 5 stars
$97.51
+2.6%
$107.85
+10.6%
+45.4%$13.44B$4.53B11.643,100News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FHN
First Horizon
4.5227 of 5 stars
$20.24
+1.5%
$22.53
+11.3%
+37.8%$10.27B$5.03B14.067,252News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SSB
SouthState
4.3555 of 5 stars
$88.28
+2.7%
$116.27
+31.7%
+25.4%$8.96B$1.88B12.685,030Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.8839 of 5 stars
$53.15
+2.2%
$63.75
+19.9%
+28.0%$8.94B$2.62B11.974,407Analyst Forecast
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.6494 of 5 stars
$107.54
+2.5%
$121.27
+12.8%
+45.8%$8.34B$3.07B17.403,565News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9888 of 5 stars
$74.82
+1.9%
$97.77
+30.7%
+31.1%$8.26B$5.08B10.263,524News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.3477 of 5 stars
$122.43
+1.7%
$135.77
+10.9%
+30.2%$8.19B$3.97B12.115,903Analyst Revision
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.5058 of 5 stars
$61.36
+1.0%
$63.80
+4.0%
+14.5%$8.19B$2.09B14.864,687
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.7914 of 5 stars
$126.61
+1.6%
$131.93
+4.2%
+33.1%$8.14B$2.85B13.905,854Positive News
Analyst Revision

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