Popular vs Columbia Banking System
BPOP and COLB side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BPOP and COLB compare
Popular is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Columbia Banking System ($10.0B against $8.7B).
On earnings, Popular is cheaper: it trades at 10.6× trailing earnings, against 12.2× for Columbia Banking System.
Columbia Banking System grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (33.7% versus 9.6% for Popular).
Popular keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 37.9% compared with 26.8% at Columbia Banking System.
Both pay dividends: Popular yields 2.0% and Columbia Banking System 4.8%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BPOP | COLB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.0B | $8.7B |
| Share price | $156.61 | $30.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 43.4% | 16.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 88.9% | −16.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 9,427 | 6,005 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 16 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.6× (better) | 12.2× |
| P/S | 3.9× | 3.3× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 12.4× | – |
| FCF yield | 8.1% | – |
| Fair value | $148.60 | $30.33 |
| Margin of safety | −5.4% | −1.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.6% | 33.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.2% (better) | −21.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 34.4% | 34.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 43.5% (better) | −0.79% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.9% (better) | 12.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 37.9% (better) | 26.8% |
| FCF margin | 31.6% | – |
| Return on equity | 15.6% (better) | 11.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.21 (better) | 0.13 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 4.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 20.4% | 55.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 12.6% (better) | 12.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 5.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 10.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 95.3% |
| Held by insiders | 2.0% | 0.79% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.3M | −$655K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 3.9% |
Go deeper
- BPOP stock overview
- BPOP income statement
- BPOP valuation and score
- COLB stock overview
- COLB income statement
- COLB valuation and score
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