Columbia Financial

CLBK

Market cap $1.74B

Columbia Financial (CLBK) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

Columbia delivered beats across the board in the quarter. After the regional bank sell-off, shares had been trading at low levels.

Although the revenue and EPS for Columbia Financial (CLBK) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Columbia Financial (CLBK) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.15 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.13 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.06 per share a year ago.

FAIR LAWN, N.J., Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Columbia Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CLBK), the mid-tier holding company for Columbia Bank ("Columbia"), reported net income of $14.9 million, or $0.15 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $6.2 million, or $0.06 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 reflected higher net interest income due to both an increase in interest income and a decrease in interest expense, a decrease in provision for credit losses and higher non-interest income, partially offset by an increase in non-interest expense and higher income tax expense.

FAIR LAWN, N.J., Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Columbia Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLBK) (the “Company”), the holding company for Columbia Bank, today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized a new stock repurchase program to acquire up to 1,800,000 shares, or approximately 1.7%, of the Company's currently issued and outstanding common stock. The stock repurchase program was adopted following the receipt of a notice of non-objection from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Columbia Financial (CLBK) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Columbia Financial (CLBK) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Columbia Financial (CLBK) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.12 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.11 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.05 per share a year ago.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Columbia Financial (CLBK) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.