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

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Banking System in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" COLB shares.
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10 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Columbia Banking System's stock. Their COLB share price forecasts range from $18.50 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $25.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price.
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Columbia Banking System's stock was trading at $30.13 at the beginning of the year. Since then, COLB shares have decreased by 32.6% and is now trading at $20.30.
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Columbia Banking System saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,940,000 shares, a drop of 13.2% from the August 31st total of 4,540,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 18th 2023.
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Columbia Banking System will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 18th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $524.85 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $584.70 million. Columbia Banking System had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.85% and a net margin of 15.40%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 72.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share.

Columbia Banking System declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 25th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Monday, September 11th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 24th.
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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 7.09%. 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 63.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, COLB will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.43% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "COLB."

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One share of COLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.30.

Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) has a market capitalization of $4.23 billion and generates $745.63 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $250.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.26 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,093 workers across the globe.

Columbia Banking System's mailing address is 1301 A STREET, TACOMA WA, 98402. The official website for the company is www.columbiabank.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (253) 305-1900, via email at investorrelations@columbiabank.com, or via fax at 253-305-0317.