NASDAQ:COLB - Columbia Banking System Stock Price, Forecast & News

Columbia Banking System trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "COLB."

Columbia Banking System announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, November 20th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 5th. View Columbia Banking System's Dividend History.

Columbia Banking System Inc (NASDAQ:COLB) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $150.48 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $146.70 million. Columbia Banking System had a return on equity of 9.21% and a net margin of 31.02%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.63 EPS. View Columbia Banking System's Earnings History.

Columbia Banking System is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Columbia Banking System.

Columbia Banking System will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Columbia Banking System's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Columbia Banking System's share price to reach $38.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Columbia Banking System.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Banking System in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Columbia Banking System.

News stories about COLB stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Columbia Banking System earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Columbia Banking System.

Columbia Banking System saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,740,000 shares, a decline of 6.2% from the December 15th total of 2,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 259,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.5 days. Approximately 3.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Columbia Banking System's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Columbia Banking System include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

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Columbia Banking System's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.49%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.33%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.29%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.24%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and First National Bank of Omaha (0.05%). Company insiders that own Columbia Banking System stock include Andy Mcdonald, Clint Stein, David C Lawson and Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Columbia Banking System.

COLB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Tributary Capital Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Columbia Banking System company stock in the last year include Andy Mcdonald, Clint Stein and David C Lawson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Columbia Banking System.

COLB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC, First National Bank of Omaha and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . Company insiders that have bought Columbia Banking System stock in the last two years include Clint Stein, David C Lawson and Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Columbia Banking System.

Shares of COLB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of COLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.99.

Columbia Banking System has a market capitalization of $2.81 billion and generates $585.33 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $172.88 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.47 on an earnings per share basis. Columbia Banking System employs 2,137 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Columbia Banking System.

The official website for Columbia Banking System is http://www.columbiabank.com/.

Columbia Banking System's mailing address is 1301 A STREET, TACOMA WA, 98402. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 253-305-1900 or via email at [email protected]