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

Company Overview

Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) is a bank holding company headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. Through its subsidiary, Umpqua Bank, the company provides a range of banking and financial services to individuals, families, businesses and institutions.

Umpqua Bank’s offerings include deposit accounts, consumer and commercial lending, real estate finance, treasury management, cash management, investment services and other business banking solutions. The bank serves small and middle-market companies as well as retail customers through branches, digital banking platforms and relationship-based financial services.

Columbia Banking System traces its history to the formation of Columbia Bank in Washington in 1993. In 2023, Columbia Banking System completed its merger with Umpqua Holdings Corporation, bringing together Columbia Bank and Umpqua Bank. The combined organization serves communities primarily across the Pacific Northwest and select Western markets, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California. Clint Stein serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $28.75 to $29.17
• 50-Day Range: $28.60 to $32.69
• 52-Week Range: $23.83 to $33.67
• Volume: 2.43 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.88 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.51
• Dividend Yield: 5.12%
• Price Target: $33.58
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Columbia Banking System Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Columbia Banking System scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 184th out of 836 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Columbia Banking System has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.38, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Columbia Banking System has a consensus price target of $33.58, representing about 16.2% upside from its current price of $28.89.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Columbia Banking System has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.58%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Columbia Banking System are expected to grow by 8.58% in the coming year, from $3.03 to $3.29 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Columbia Banking System is 11.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Columbia Banking System is 11.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.90.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Columbia Banking System has a PEG Ratio of 2.86. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Columbia Banking System has a P/B Ratio of 1.10. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.75% of the float of Columbia Banking System has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Columbia Banking System has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.52, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Columbia Banking System has recently decreased by 1.10%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Columbia Banking System is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.13%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Columbia Banking System has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Columbia Banking System is 58.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Columbia Banking System will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.98% next year. This indicates that Columbia Banking System will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.07

News Sentiment

Columbia Banking System has a news sentiment score of -0.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Columbia Banking System this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for COLB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Columbia Banking System to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Columbia Banking System insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.57% of the stock of Columbia Banking System is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.53% of the stock of Columbia Banking System is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Record date for 9/14 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/14 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/14/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:COLB
• CIK: 887343
• Web: www.columbiabank.com
• Phone: (253) 305-1900
• Fax: 253-305-0317
• Employees: 6,005
• Year Founded: 1993

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Columbia Banking System: $33.58
• High Price Target: $36.00
• Low Price Target: $30.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.38
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.51
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.51
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.53
• P/E Growth: 2.86
• Net Income: $550 million
• Net Margins: 19.96%
• Pretax Margin: 26.14%
• Return on Equity: 11.33%
• Return on Assets: 1.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.85
• Quick Ratio: 0.85

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.21 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.54
• Cash Flow: $2.66 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.85
• Book Value: $26.21 per share
• Price / Book: 1.10

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 282,900,000
• Free Float: 281,289,000
• Market Cap: $8.17 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.66