Why Columbia Financial Stock Rocked the Market Today
2026-02-02 20:01:11 ET
Monday was quite the eventful day for bank holding company Columbia Financial (NASDAQ: CLBK) . It published its latest set of fundamentals and announced the acquisition of a peer. Investors clearly considered both developments to be positive, as they traded Columbia's stock up by nearly 9% that trading session.
The first of those two was the acquisition announcement. Columbia divulged that it has agreed to acquire peer Northfield Bancorp . The deal is valued at roughly $597 million and, according to the buyer, it will create the third-largest regional bank headquartered in New Jersey. All told, the combined company will have $18 billion in assets.
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