Columbia Banking System (COLB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Banking System in the last twelve months. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" COLB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in COLB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Columbia Banking System's stock. Their COLB share price targets range from $20.00 to $29.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $22.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.8% from the stock's current price.
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Columbia Banking System's stock was trading at $26.68 at the start of the year. Since then, COLB shares have decreased by 33.2% and is now trading at $17.83.
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Columbia Banking System saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 8,020,000 shares, an increase of 49.1% from the March 15th total of 5,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,040,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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Columbia Banking System will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.35. The financial services provider earned $519.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $525.94 million. Columbia Banking System had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.27% and a net margin of 12.71%. The business's revenue was up 52.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share.

Columbia Banking System declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Monday, March 11th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 22nd.
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Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.30%. COLB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 87.27%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, COLB will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) and JPMorgan Active Small Cap Value ETF (JPSV).Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST).

9 employees have rated Columbia Banking System Chief Executive Officer Clint E. Stein on Glassdoor.com. Clint E. Stein has an approval rating of 54% among the company's employees. This puts Clint E. Stein in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Columbia Banking System's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.14%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.05%), Capital Advisors Wealth Management LLC (0.04%), Range Financial Group LLC (0.03%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.03%) and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Aaron James Deer, Christopher Merrywell, Clint Stein, Craig D Eerkes, David C Lawson, Elizabeth Whitehead Seaton, John F Schultz, Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi, Luis Machuca, Ron L Farnsworth and Tom Hulbert.
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Shares of COLB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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