Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) vs Valley National Bancorp (VLY)

Columbia Banking System, Inc. and Valley National Bancorp are both Banks Regional companies. Columbia Banking System, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.6B against $7.7B — 1.1× the size. Columbia Banking System, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.6× against 11.0×. Columbia Banking System, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.2% against 3.27%. Columbia Banking System, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.8% vs 19.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.8% vs 5.93%). Both pay a dividend; Columbia Banking System, Inc. yields more (4.85% vs 3.12%). Across the 18 metrics below, Columbia Banking System, Inc. leads on 14 and Valley National Bancorp on 4.

Valuation

Metric COLB VLY Banks Regional median
P/E 10.56 11.02 12.02
P/S 2.33 2.16 2.36
P/B 1.20 1.03 1.23
Price to free cash flow 6.74 13.93 10.60
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 9.47% 9.07% 8.21%
Free cash flow yield 14.84% 7.18% 9.23%

Profitability

Metric COLB VLY Banks Regional median
Gross margin 75.64% 61.80% 69.81%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 22.83% 19.63% 18.82%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 17.97%
Return on equity 11.23% 9.50% 10.28%
Return on assets 1.26% 1.08% 1.13%
Return on invested capital 13.78% 5.93% 8.45%

Growth

Metric COLB VLY Banks Regional median
Revenue growth (TTM) 22.22% 3.27% 6.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (9.80%) 46.38% 18.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 38.87% 17.40% 12.65%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 28.95% 8.53% 9.81%

Health

Metric COLB VLY Banks Regional median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.34 0.17
Current ratio 0.85 0.95 0.93
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric COLB VLY Banks Regional median
Dividend yield 4.85% 3.12% 2.49%
Payout ratio 0.51 0.35 0.29

Size

Metric COLB VLY Banks Regional median
Market cap 8.61b 7.74b 934.85m

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