CLBK vs. CASH, PFS, BKU, OCFC, EBC, BRKL, CFFN, HTBI, KRNY, and AX
Should you be buying Columbia Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Financial include Pathward Financial (CASH), Provident Financial Services (PFS), BankUnited (BKU), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Kearny Financial (KRNY), and Axos Financial (AX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) and Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Columbia Financial shares are owned 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 has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pathward Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pathward Financial and 0 mentions for Columbia Financial. Columbia Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Pathward Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Pathward Financial presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.32%. Columbia Financial has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. Given Columbia Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than Columbia 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.
Pathward Financial has a net margin of 22.90% compared to Pathward Financial's net margin of 3.70%. Columbia Financial's return on equity of 25.09% beat Pathward Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Columbia Financial on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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