Basis: FMP quote price / unrounded FMP forward EPS in the trading currency, available after its recorded retrieval time. Source: stored company filings and market data; unavailable inputs remain N/A.
The forward PE ratio is 40.57 as of 2026-10-06T14:16:11.828Z.
Consensus retrieved: 2026-10-06T10:16:11.579Z. This records retrieval, including cache reads, rather than vendor publication. The calculation uses the separately dated price and estimate available at its as-of time.
Calculation as of: 2026-10-06T14:16:11.828Z.
Quote observation: 2026-10-06T14:15:17.000Z. Amounts in USD. The price header may show a later quote.
FMP input reference: 68789b4e77ee779226be58196304e59309ca79c0b781ec0a7517eba270f8ed6e
Forward PE Ratio (40.57) = Dated Quote Price ($11.31) / Consensus Forward EPS ($0.28)
FORWARD PE RATIO
40.57
SECTOR MEDIAN · FINANCIAL SERVICES
11.38
median of 285 covered companies
CURRENT VS SECTOR MEDIAN
+256.50%
vs the sector median at left
Columbia Financial, Inc.
Market Cap
$2.53B
Forward PE Ratio
40.57
| NAME | MARKET CAP | FORWARD PE RATIO |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK) | $2.53B | 40.57 |
| Merchants Bancorp (MBINM)vs › | $2.53B | 4.55 |
| First Bancorp (FBNC)vs › | $2.53B | 13.46 |
| First Merchants Corporation (FRME)vs › | $2.51B | 12.32 |
| First Busey Corporation (BUSE)vs › | $2.51B | 11.63 |
| The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. (BWIN)vs › | $2.58B | 15.83 |
| NBT Bancorp Inc. (NBTB)vs › | $2.66B | 12.25 |
| Merchants Bancorp (MBINN)vs › | $2.38B | 3.38 |
| Merchants Bancorp (MBINL)vs › | $2.38B | 4.16 |
| Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAD)vs › | $2.35B | N/A |
Trailing P/E
43.4
reported TTM EPS
Forward P/E
40.6
consensus EPS · fiscal year ending 2026-12-31
The gap between the two multiples is the consensus growth expectation: analysts' forward EPS of $0.28 implies +7.7% EPS growth vs the reported trailing $0.26.
At the dated quote price of $11.31, each upcoming fiscal year's consensus EPS implies a different multiple — how quickly the price is "paid down" by expected earnings if the estimates hold.
| Fiscal year end | Consensus EPS | Estimate range | Analysts | Implied P/E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-12-31 | $0.28 | $0.26 – $0.29 | 2 | 40.6x |
| 2027-12-31 | $0.35 | $0.34 – $0.35 | 2 | 32.3x |
| 2028-12-31 | $0.42 | $0.41 – $0.43 | 1 | 27.0x |
Source: FMP analyst consensus estimates, refreshed with the daily precompute. "n/m" = the consensus EPS is not positive, so a multiple is undefined. There is no forward P/E history chart here because charting one would require the estimates as they stood in the past, which we do not store — see the trailing P/E history for how the realized multiple has moved.
PE Ratio = Share Price / Diluted EPS (TTM)
The price-to-earnings ratio measures how much investors pay for each dollar of trailing earnings. A lower PE can indicate a cheaper valuation; a higher PE implies higher growth expectations.
Expanded definitions: Investopedia, Wikipedia, Corporate Finance Institute
