COLB vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, and ZION
Should you be buying Columbia Banking System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Banking System include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Columbia Banking System vs.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Banking System. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regions Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 20.20% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 16.15%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.83% beat Columbia Banking System's return on equity.
Regions Financial presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.37%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus price target of $29.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Columbia Banking System.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Regions Financial pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 33 more articles in the media than Columbia Banking System. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Regions Financial and 4 mentions for Columbia Banking System. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 0.47 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regions Financial received 666 more outperform votes than Columbia Banking System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.77% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 42.54% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Columbia Banking System on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:COLB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
