Insiders Trades
Columbia Financial, Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 26 Feb 2024.
Columbia Financial, Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Columbia Financial, Inc. belongs to the Finance & Banking sector. Filings by its managers are published through SEC (Form 4). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, the company's managers filed 84 filings, from 15 insiders.
The filings describe grants, exercises and other transfers rather than trades on the open market. Such operations are usually part of compensation schedules, which makes them a weaker signal than an open-market trade.
Over the last twelve months, not one insider purchase of Columbia Financial, Inc. stock was filed. Between a trade and the moment it shows up on SEC (Form 4), the median delay is 4 days. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade.
Compared with its exchange (5,816 companies, median 19 filings), a count of 84 filings is above the norm. Looking back to 2021, when coverage begins, insiders filed 6 purchases and 1 sale. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K/A) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists net income at 51.8 m USD.
For comparison within the same sector, see the insider buying recorded at First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and BCB Bancorp Inc. This summary is built from SEC (Form 4) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
Insider Decl.
1,097
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€178,352
6 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€162,409
1 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleNoel R. Holland1 sale
Since the insiders bought
- -7.3%Entry US$7.63 · Close at T+365 US$7.07
- -14.9%Entry US$8.50 · Close at T+365 US$7.24
- -12.4%Entry US$8.16 · Close at T+365 US$7.15
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 10,168 of 24,148 companies
55.6
score / 100
Value46
Quality65
FCF yld2.0%
Earn yld1.8%
EV/EBITDA·
ROE5.0%
Gross mgn·
Net mgn20%
Debt/EBITDA·
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$10.88
Analyst consensus
3 analysts1.67/5
US$14.00Target US$14.17(+30%)US$14.50
Income statement
RevenueUS$258.7M
Net incomeUS$51.8M21.8% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)19.1x
PER (forward)17.2x
P/Book2.1x
Beta0.24
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$2.9B
Total debtUS$1.2B
Free Cash FlowUS$58.6M
Profitability & ownership
ROE5.0%
ROA0.5%
% insiders29.4%
% institutions4.3%
Last declaration on 14 July 2026
Declarations1,097 total
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About Columbia Financial, Inc.
Columbia Financial, Inc. (ticker: CLBK) is a U.S.-listed financial company traded on NASDAQ in the United States. It operates as the mid-tier holding company for Columbia Bank, with headquarters in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. For French-speaking investors, the name sits squarely in the U.S. regional banking universe: the investment case is driven less by capital markets activity and more by deposit gathering, lending discipline, credit quality, and sensitivity to interest-rate cycles.
The group’s roots go back to 1927, when Columbia Bank was founded. Columbia Financial itself was organized in March 1997 in connection with Columbia Bank’s mutual holding company reorganization. That structure shaped a business model centered on community and regional banking rather than national-scale wholesale banking. Columbia has long emphasized its New Jersey footprint, customer relationships, and local-market familiarity, which remain central to its franchise identity.
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Operationally, the company’s core franchise is traditional banking. Columbia Bank offers consumer and commercial banking solutions, including deposit products, residential mortgage lending, commercial real estate lending, commercial business loans, and related digital banking tools. In addition to core banking, Columbia Financial has complementary fee-generating businesses: First Jersey Title Services provides title insurance, while Columbia Insurance Services offers a range of personal and business insurance products. These businesses are relatively small compared with the bank itself, but they broaden the revenue mix and can deepen client relationships.
From a competitive standpoint, Columbia Financial is best understood as a mid-sized regional lender focused primarily on New Jersey and nearby markets in the U.S. Northeast. Its advantages are its local brand recognition, branch presence, and relationship-based banking model. Its competitive pressures come from larger money-center and regional banks, as well as online and specialty lenders. As a result, investors should monitor funding costs, loan growth quality, credit trends, and the bank’s ability to sustain net interest margin in a shifting rate environment.
Recent corporate developments are important. Columbia Financial reported first-quarter 2026 net income of $13.1 million, up from $8.9 million in the prior-year quarter. More strategically, in May 2026 the company announced an offering of common stock in connection with a proposed conversion from mutual holding company structure toward a fully public stock-holding-company form. That process could be material for shareholders because it may affect governance, capital structure, and the future trading profile of CLBK. For investors following SEC Form 4 insider transactions, this makes the name especially relevant as ownership and alignment signals may become more visible around the conversion process.
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