The stock of Columbia Financial, Inc (NASDAQ: CLBK) has increased by 0.73% when compared to last closing price of $15.17.Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 4.44% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-04-30 that 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.
Is It Worth Investing in Columbia Financial, Inc (NASDAQ: CLBK) Right Now?
Company’s 36-month beta value is 0.25.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy”, 0 as “overweight”, 1 as “hold”, and 0 as “sell”.
The public float for CLBK is 26.69M, and currently, short sellers hold a 6.59% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of CLBK on July 04, 2025 was 156.69K shares.
CLBK’s Market Performance
The stock of Columbia Financial, Inc (CLBK) has seen a 4.44% increase in the past week, with a 6.18% rise in the past month, and a 3.59% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.61%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.60% for CLBK. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 6.50% for CLBK’s stock, with a simple moving average of -3.04% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CLBK
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CLBK stocks, with Janney repeating the rating for CLBK by listing it as a “Buy”. The predicted price for CLBK in the upcoming period, according to Janney is $18 based on the research report published on October 11, 2023 of the previous year 2023.
Piper Sandler, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CLBK reach a price target of $24. The rating they have provided for CLBK stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on July 28th, 2022.
Piper Sandler gave a rating of “Overweight” to CLBK, setting the target price at $22 in the report published on December 02nd of the previous year.
CLBK Trading at 5.31% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CLBK to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -20.75% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.60%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.61%, as shares surge +8.91% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +11.29% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CLBK rose by +4.44%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -11.88% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $14.35. In addition, Columbia Financial, Inc saw 3.59% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CLBK starting from Holland Noel R., who sold 10,000 shares at the price of $17.06 back on Dec 12 ’24. After this action, Holland Noel R. now owns 30,501 shares of Columbia Financial, Inc, valued at $170,641 using the latest closing price.
N/A, the N/A of Columbia Financial, Inc, N/A N/A shares at N/A during a trade that took place back on N/A, which means that N/A is holding N/A shares at N/A based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CLBK
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.01% for the present operating margin
- 0.39% for the gross margin
The net margin for Columbia Financial, Inc stands at -0.0%. The total capital return value is set at -0.0%. Equity return is now at value -0.15%, with -0.02% for asset returns.
Based on Columbia Financial, Inc (CLBK), the company’s capital structure generated 0.5 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.02. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -0.01.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -1.35 million with net debt to EBITDA at 71.12. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.36. The receivables turnover for the company is 10.93for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.04. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.04.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, Columbia Financial, Inc (CLBK) has experienced a better performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
