Columbia Banking System - COLB Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Banking System in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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7 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Columbia Banking System's stock. Their COLB share price forecasts range from $23.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $32.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.1% 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 stock has decreased by 24.8% and is now trading at $22.66.
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Columbia Banking System saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 12,210,000 shares, an increase of 9.5% from the February 13th total of 11,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 20th 2023.
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Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $203.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $197.70 million. Columbia Banking System had a net margin of 33.55% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.87%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.55 earnings per share.

Columbia Banking System announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, February 21st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.30%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 3rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) stock in their portfolio include iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM).

Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.52%. COLB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 37.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, COLB will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.53% 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."

Columbia Banking System's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.44%), Franklin Resources Inc. (5.98%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (4.95%), Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (3.41%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (3.22%) and Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT (3.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Aaron James Deer, Andy Mcdonald, Clint Stein, Craig D Eerkes, David C Lawson, Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of COLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.66.

Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) has a market capitalization of $1.78 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 $3.20 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.