Columbia Banking System vs Wintrust Financial
COLB and WTFC side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How COLB and WTFC compare
Wintrust Financial is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Columbia Banking System ($10.5B against $8.7B).
On earnings, Columbia Banking System is cheaper: it trades at 10.6× trailing earnings, against 11.9× for Wintrust Financial.
Wintrust Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 31.6% compared with 30.2% at Columbia Banking System.
Both pay dividends: Columbia Banking System yields 4.8% and Wintrust Financial 1.4%.
Columbia Banking System scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 13 for Wintrust Financial), 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 | COLB | WTFC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.7B | $10.5B |
| Share price | $30.71 | $154.97 |
| Change, 1 year | 13.3% | 17.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −9.8% | 67.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.93 |
| Employees | 6,005 | 5,902 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.6× (better) | 11.9× |
| P/S | 3.1× (better) | 3.6× |
| P/B | 1.2× (better) | 1.4× |
| PEG | – | 0.96 |
| Fair value | $31.52 | $144.36 |
| Margin of safety | 2.6% (better) | −7.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 33.6% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −21.8% | 9.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 74.7% (better) | 17.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 29.6% (better) | 19.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 12.1% | 19.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 30.2% | 31.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 12.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.14 | 0.22 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.8% (better) | 1.4% |
| Payout ratio | 50.9% | 19.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 12.5% (better) | 12.3% |
| Buyback yield | 8.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 13.1% (better) | 1.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.3% | 96.2% |
| Held by insiders | 0.78% | 1.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$983K (better) | −$8.4M |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.7% | – |
Go deeper
- COLB stock overview
- COLB income statement
- COLB valuation and score
- WTFC stock overview
- WTFC income statement
- WTFC valuation and score
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