The CFO Rounds Out an Eight-Person Buying Spree
Splaine's $500,000 buy is the ninth Columbia Financial filing to hit your inbox today, and the CFO writing a check this size tells you the finance chief isn't worried about the stretched chart everyone else is staring at. RSI sits near 76, deep overbought territory, and price has run well past both the 8-day and 20-day EMAs at $10.94. That's the tension here. But history on this specific name is hard to ignore. Insiders buying CLBK have been right on 87% of prior purchases within 30 days, averaging better than 5% returns. Nine executives buying in one stretch is the kind of cluster signal that usually means something is happening under the hood at this bank, even if the entry price right now demands patience rather than a chase.
The Filing
| Ticker | CLBK |
| Company | Columbia Financial, Inc./MD/ |
| Insider | Thomas Splaine Jr, EVP, CFO |
| Buy amount | $500,000 |
| Filing date | July 22, 2026 |
| Conviction | Favorable · 75/100 |
| Setup type | Overbought Entry |
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