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 ($10.1B against $8.7B).
On earnings, Popular is cheaper: it trades at 10.2× trailing earnings, against 10.6× for Columbia Banking System.
Columbia Banking System grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (33.6% versus 8.2% for Popular).
Popular keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 38.3% compared with 30.2% at Columbia Banking System.
Both pay dividends: Popular yields 2.6% and Columbia Banking System 4.8%.
Columbia Banking System scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 15 for Popular), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BPOP | COLB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.1B | $8.7B |
| Share price | $157.88 | $30.60 |
| Change, 1 year | 35.5% | 12.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 90.2% | −10.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 9,427 | 6,005 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.2× (better) | 10.6× |
| P/S | 3.9× | 3.1× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.4× | – |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | – |
| Fair value | $150.05 | $31.47 |
| Margin of safety | −5.2% | 2.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.2% | 33.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.2% (better) | −21.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 28.7% | 74.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 37.2% (better) | 29.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.9% (better) | 12.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 38.3% (better) | 30.2% |
| FCF margin | 33.9% | – |
| Return on equity | 16.2% (better) | 11.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.22 (better) | 0.14 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 4.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 19.8% | 50.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 12.6% (better) | 12.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 8.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.6% | 13.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 95.3% |
| Held by insiders | 2.0% | 0.78% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$14.3M | −$983K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 3.7% |
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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