Columbia Financial Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

Columbia Financial does not have a record of paying a dividend.

Key information

n/a

Dividend yield

0.5%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield	0.5%
Future Dividend Yield	n/a
Dividend Growth	n/a
Next dividend pay date	n/a
Ex dividend date	n/a
Dividend per share	n/a
Payout ratio	n/a

Recent dividend and buyback updates

No updates

Recent updates

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Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if CLBK's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if CLBK's dividend payments have been increasing.

Dividend Yield vs Market

Columbia Financial Dividend Yield vs Market

How does CLBK dividend yield compare to the market?
Segment	Dividend Yield
Company (CLBK)	n/a
Market Bottom 25% (US)	1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)	4.5%
Industry Average (Banks)	2.7%
Analyst forecast (CLBK) (up to 3 years)	n/a

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate CLBK's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate CLBK's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Current Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate CLBK's payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Future Payout to Shareholders

Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of CLBK's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/30 06:41
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Columbia Financial, Inc. is covered by 3 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jacob Civiello	Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Mark Fitzgibbon	Piper Sandler Companies
Mark Fitzgibbon	Sandler O'Neill

Columbia Financial Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

Key information

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 97%

Columbia Financial, Inc. and Columbia Bank Announce the Appointment of Matthew Smith as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Now 22% overvalued after recent price rise

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Columbia Financial, Inc. Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2024

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 30%

Price target increased by 12% to US$19.00

Now 20% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 23% overvalued after recent price rise

E. Thomas Allen, Jr. to Retire as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia Financial, Inc., Columbia Bank MHC and Columbia Bank, Effective as of January 31, 2025

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 48%

Price target decreased by 7.9% to US$17.50

Price target decreased by 7.7% to US$18.00

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Now 21% overvalued

Price target decreased by 7.3% to US$19.00

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 15%

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Price target increased by 11% to US$20.50

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Columbia Financial, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 06, 2024

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Price target decreased by 12% to US$18.00

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 35%

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 19%

Insufficient new directors

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 21%

First quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Price target decreased by 7.1% to US$19.50

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 20%

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 11%

Columbia Financial, Inc. Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Columbia Financial, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2023

Columbia Financial, Inc. Appoints Mayra L. Rinaldi as Executive Vice President, Corporate Governance and Culture

Independent Director exercised options and sold US$125k worth of stock

Independent Director recently bought US$60k worth of stock

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Columbia Financial, Inc. Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2022

Columbia Financial, Inc. Appoints Manesh Prabhu as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Price target decreased to US$21.00

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Columbia Financial, Inc.(NasdaqGS:CLBK) dropped from Russell 2000 Dynamic Index

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Columbia Financial, Inc. Appoints Jenifer Walden as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer for Columbia Bank

Columbia Financial, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CLBK) acquired RSI Bancorp, MHC.

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Columbia Financial, Inc. Receives Regulatory Approvals for Acquisition of RSI Bank

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Full year 2021 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Stipulation and Agreement of Compromise, Settlement and Release Files in Relation to A Lawsuit Involving Columbia Financial, Inc

Price target increased to US$22.00

Columbia Financial, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CLBK) agreed to acquire RSI Bancorp, MHC.

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Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.20 (vs US$0.14 in 3Q 2020)

Consensus forecasts updated

High number of new directors

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.26 (vs US$0.14 in 2Q 2020)

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Columbia Financial to acquire Freehold Bank

Consensus EPS estimates increase to US$0.77

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.20 (vs US$0.062 in 1Q 2020)

Columbia Financial EPS beats by $0.03, beats on revenue

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Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS US$0.53 (vs US$0.49 in FY 2019)

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

New 90-day high: US$16.47

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Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS US$0.53 (vs US$0.49 in FY 2019)

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

Columbia Financial, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 20, 2021

Columbia Financial, Inc. Appoints Oliver E. Lewis, Jr. as Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking for the Bank

New 90-day high: US$15.55