Columbia Financial/$CLBK
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About Columbia Financial
Columbia Financial Inc is a federally chartered savings bank that serves the financial needs of depositors and the local community as a customer service-focused institution. The company offers traditional financial services to businesses and consumers in its market areas. It attracts deposits from the general public and uses those funds to originate various loans, including multifamily and commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, one-to-four family real estate loans, construction loans, home equity loans and advances, and other consumer loans. The company also offers title insurance through its wholly owned subsidiary and provides a broad range of insurance products, including personal and business lines of insurance, mainly to customers and New Jersey residents.
- Ticker
- $CLBK
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 773
- Headquarters
- Fair Lawn, United States
- Website
- www.columbiabankonline.com
CLBK Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$3.1B
44.24
$0.26
0.24
$0.05
1.75%
Price and volume
Market cap
$3.1B
Beta
0.24
52-week high
$12.00
52-week low
$10.51
Average daily volume
4.2M
Dividend rate
$0.05
Financial strength
Profitability
Net profit margin (TTM)
21.76%
Operating margin (TTM)
32.79%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
25.63%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$350,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.51%
Return on equity (TTM)
5.02%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
44.241
Price to revenue (TTM)
9.578
Price to book
2.13
Price to tangible book (TTM)
2.37
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
37.23
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
2.69%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
0.308
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.44%
Forward dividend yield
1.75%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
42.71%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
840.51%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-0.22%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-1.81%
Bulls say / Bears say
Columbia’s operating momentum improved before the merger: second-quarter net income rose 17.7% year over year to $14.5 million, six-month net income increased 30.1%, and net interest margin expanded 25 basis points to 2.44%. (SEC)
The completed Northfield combination provides meaningful scale, with pro forma assets of $18.0 billion, deposits of $12.5 billion, loans held for investment of $11.9 billion, and more than 100 branches across New Jersey and New York. Greater scale could improve operating leverage, market reach, and commercial-banking capabilities if integration proceeds smoothly. (Columbia Financial)
The second-step conversion raised $1.7 billion of gross proceeds, giving the fully public company substantial capital to support balance-sheet growth and the Northfield integration. Columbia also initiated a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share, adding an immediate shareholder-return component. (Columbia Financial; SEC)
Northfield integration and related execution risk are material: Columbia completed a $580 million acquisition that added approximately $5.8 billion of assets, while second-quarter non-interest expense rose 10.0% year over year and included $819,000 of merger-related costs. (SEC)
Credit costs are rising alongside loan growth: second-quarter provision for credit losses increased 74.7% year over year to $4.3 million, while commercial loan balances grew by $260.6 million in the quarter. The enlarged portfolio, including substantial commercial real-estate exposure, could increase sensitivity to borrower or property-market stress. (SEC)
The conversion and acquisition materially increased the share count, with approximately 269.5 million shares outstanding after the July transaction versus roughly 101 million weighted-average shares before closing; federal rules also generally restrict share repurchases during the first year after the conversion. This limits near-term per-share capital-return support and creates dilution risk for legacy holders. (SEC)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 14 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing CLBK
AllEURUSDGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $CLBK weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.10% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.03% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.03% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | £6.7B | 0.03% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.01% |
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