Columbia Banking System Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Banking System in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,090,000 shares, an increase of 22.9% from the June 15th total of 1,700,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 341,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.1 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Columbia Banking System is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 29th 2021.
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Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.11. The financial services provider had revenue of $147.16 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $147.12 million. Columbia Banking System had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.32% and a net margin of 30.91%. The business's revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.20 earnings per share.
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Columbia Banking System's stock was trading at $27.89 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, COLB shares have increased by 24.7% and is now trading at $34.79.
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Columbia Banking System announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, May 26th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.22%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 11th.
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Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.22%. Columbia Banking System does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Columbia Banking System is 51.61%. 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 45.34% next year. This indicates that Columbia Banking System will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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5 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Columbia Banking System's shares. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Columbia Banking System's share price to reach $44.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.4% from the stock's current price.
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9 employees have rated Columbia Banking System CEO Clint E. Stein on Glassdoor.com. Clint E. Stein has an approval rating of 54% among Columbia Banking System'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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%). Company insiders that own Columbia Banking System 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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COLB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Columbia Banking System stock in the last two years include Aaron James Deer, 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.
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One share of COLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.79.

Columbia Banking System has a market capitalization of $2.50 billion and generates $622.31 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $154.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.17 on an earnings per share basis.

Columbia Banking System employs 2,187 workers across the globe.

Columbia Banking System was founded in 1993.

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

Columbia Banking System is headquartered at 1301 A STREET, TACOMA WA, 98402.

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]