Columbia Banking System Stock Forecast, Price & News

Columbia Banking System's stock was trading at $27.89 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, COLB stock has increased by 50.2% and is now trading at $41.88.
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4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Banking System in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Columbia Banking System stock. 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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Columbia Banking System is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 28th 2021.
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Columbia Banking System will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.21. The financial services provider earned $147.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $141.25 million. Columbia Banking System had a return on equity of 6.35% and a net margin of 22.90%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.70 earnings per share.
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Columbia Banking System declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 11th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, November 25th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.67%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 9th.
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Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.71%. The dividend payout ratio of Columbia Banking System is 41.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Columbia Banking System will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.26% next year. This indicates that Columbia Banking System will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Columbia Banking System's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate Columbia Banking System's stock price to reach $32.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 23.6%.
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Columbia Banking System saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,210,000 shares, an increase of 25.6% from the December 15th total of 1,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 312,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.1 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Columbia Banking System include Truist Financial (TFC), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), First Republic Bank (FRC), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Signature Bank (SBNY), First Horizon (FHN), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL).
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.18%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC (0.02%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and Sowell Financial Services LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Columbia Banking System stock include Andy Mcdonald, Clint Stein, Craig D Eerkes, David C Lawson, Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi and Tom Hulbert.
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COLB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC, and Sowell Financial Services LLC.
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COLB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Columbia Banking System stock in the last two years include Clint Stein, Craig D Eerkes, David C Lawson, Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi, and Tom Hulbert.
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Shares of COLB 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.

One share of COLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.88.

Columbia Banking System has a market capitalization of $3.00 billion and generates $627.13 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $194.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.68 on an earnings per share basis. Columbia Banking System employs 2,162 workers across the globe.

The official website for Columbia Banking System is 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]