COLB vs. GBCI, FFIN, UBSI, IBOC, HOMB, ABCB, UCBI, FBP, AUB, and TCBI
Should you be buying Columbia Banking System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Banking System include Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), International Bancshares (IBOC), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) and Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Columbia Banking System has a net margin of 16.52% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 16.40%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 11.58% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.
92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 6 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 3 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 0.99 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Columbia Banking System pays out 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glacier Bancorp pays out 75.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Columbia Banking System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Columbia Banking System received 3 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.19% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote while only 44.35% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
Columbia Banking System currently has a consensus target price of $22.19, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Glacier Bancorp has a consensus target price of $40.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Given Columbia Banking System's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.
Columbia Banking System has higher revenue and earnings than Glacier Bancorp. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Columbia Banking System beats Glacier Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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