Columbia Financial (CLBK) Competitors

Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) and Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Is CLBK or CADE more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of 3.35%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 8.95% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Columbia Financial	3.35%	2.09%	0.21%
Cadence Bank	25.99%	8.95%	0.95%

Which has more volatility & risk, CLBK or CADE?

Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CLBK or CADE?

12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Columbia Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLBK or CADE?

Cadence Bank received 178 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Columbia Financial	Outperform Votes 138 67.98%	Underperform Votes 65 32.02%
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 316 59.62%	Underperform Votes 214 40.38%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CLBK or CADE?

Cadence Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Financial. Cadence Bank 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
Columbia Financial	$213.75M	7.78	$36.09M	$0.15	105.93
Cadence Bank	$921.95M	6.79	$542.30M	$3.48	9.88

Do analysts prefer CLBK or CADE?

Columbia Financial presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.99%. Cadence Bank has a consensus price target of $37.32, suggesting a potential upside of 8.58%. Given Cadence Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than Columbia Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Columbia Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media prefer CLBK or CADE?

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 5 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cadence Bank and 1 mentions for Columbia Financial. Columbia Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.17 indicating that Columbia Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Columbia Financial	Positive
Cadence Bank	Neutral

Summary

Cadence Bank beats Columbia Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.