TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Valley National Bank vs Columbia Bank

Bank

Valley National Bank

Passaic, New Jersey · $10 billion – $100 billion

60of 100
Moderate

Bank

Columbia Bank

Fair Lawn, New Jersey · $10 billion – $100 billion

58of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureValley National BankColumbia Bank
TellerScore60 (stronger)58
Capital cushion53 (stronger)47
Loan quality7083 (stronger)
Earnings63 (stronger)41
Funding & liquidity3738 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8992 (stronger)
Peer percentile29th20th
Total assets$66.2B$12.2B
Deposits / shares$54.3B$9.6B
Capital ratio10.25% (stronger)9.75%
Problem loans0.91%0.51% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.15%0.03% (stronger)
Return on assets1.08% (stronger)0.52%
Loans ÷ deposits95.5%87.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits39.8% (stronger)45.7%
Offices228106
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)263—
Complaints per $1B deposits4.8—
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)21.0%23.9%

Valley National Bank has the higher TellerScore (60 vs 58). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Valley National Bank leads on 4 and Columbia Bank on 3. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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