CLBK vs. CASH, FBC, OCFC, TFSL, AX, EBC, BKU, PFS, BRKL, and CFFN
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), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), TFS Financial (TFSL), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), BankUnited (BKU), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), and Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Pathward Financial has a net margin of 22.90% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of 3.70%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 25.09% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.
Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pathward Financial received 192 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 63.95% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote.
Columbia Financial currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.69%. Pathward Financial has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Given Columbia Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Columbia Financial is more favorable than Pathward Financial.
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, Pathward Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pathward Financial and 2 mentions for Columbia Financial. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Columbia Financial's score of 0.97 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Columbia Financial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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