Columbia Financial (CLBK) Competitors

Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) and Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is BMA or CLBK more profitable?

Banco Macro has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of 3.35%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%
Columbia Financial	3.35%	2.09%	0.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BMA or CLBK?

Banco Macro received 200 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.83%	Underperform Votes 200 37.17%
Columbia Financial	Outperform Votes 138 67.98%	Underperform Votes 65 32.02%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BMA or CLBK?

12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Columbia Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BMA or CLBK?

Banco Macro has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Financial. Banco Macro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Macro	$14.17B	0.46	$2.23B	$11.41	8.89
Columbia Financial	$422.36M	3.70	$36.09M	$0.15	99.41

Does the media favor BMA or CLBK?

In the previous week, Columbia Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Macro. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Columbia Financial and 5 mentions for Banco Macro. Columbia Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Banco Macro's score of 0.59 indicating that Columbia Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Macro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbia Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BMA or CLBK?

Banco Macro currently has a consensus price target of $50.83, indicating a potential downside of 49.91%. Columbia Financial has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.02%. Given Columbia Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbia Financial is more favorable than Banco Macro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Columbia Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, BMA or CLBK?

Banco Macro has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Banco Macro beats Columbia Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.