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Central Bancompany vs Columbia Banking System

CBC 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 CBC and COLB compare

Central Bancompany and Columbia Banking System are about the same size, with market caps of $9.1B and $8.7B.

On earnings, Columbia Banking System is cheaper: it trades at 10.6× trailing earnings, against 20.3× for Central Bancompany.

Central Bancompany keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 40.3% compared with 30.2% at Columbia Banking System.

Both pay dividends: Central Bancompany yields 0.94% and Columbia Banking System 4.8%.

Columbia Banking System scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 11 for Central Bancompany), 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.

MetricCBCCOLB
Size and price
Market cap$9.1B$8.7B
Share price$38.15$30.60
Change, 1 year81.2%12.7%
Change, 5 years222%−10.1%
Beta (5Y)0.010.90
Employees1,4006,005
StockData Score
Total score1117 (better)
Valuation score05 (better)
Growth score03 (better)
Performance score3 (better)2
Health score5 (better)3
Dividend score34 (better)
Valuation
P/E20.3×10.6× (better)
P/S8.2×3.1× (better)
P/B2.4×1.2× (better)
P/FCF17.9×–
FCF yield5.6%–
Fair value$21.62$31.47
Margin of safety−76.4%2.8% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)–33.6%
Revenue growth, 5Y average–−21.8%
Net income growth (TTM)–74.7%
EPS growth (TTM)–29.6%
EPS growth, 5Y average–12.1%
Profitability
Net margin40.3% (better)30.2%
FCF margin45.8%–
Return on equity12.9% (better)11.2%
Financial health
Altman Z-score0.65 (better)0.14
Piotroski F-score55
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.94%4.8% (better)
Payout ratio26.9%50.9%
Years of dividend growth13 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average–12.5%
Buyback yield0.47%8.3% (better)
Shareholder yield1.4%13.1% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions14.5%95.3%
Held by insiders66.3%0.78%
Insider net buying, 12 months$980K (better)−$983K
Short interest, % of float11.0%3.7%

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