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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.22. Columbia Banking System had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.35% and a net margin of 22.90%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 earnings per share.
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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 shares have increased by 63.5% and is now trading at $45.59.
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Columbia Banking System announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, February 24th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 9th.
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Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.45%. Columbia Banking System does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. 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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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Columbia Banking System's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Columbia Banking System's share price to reach $40.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.3%.
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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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.73%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.65%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.19%), Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT (4.12%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.09%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.46%). 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 Walthausen & Co. LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Boston Partners, Boston Partners, Stifel Financial Corp, and Northern Trust Corp.
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COLB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT, Victory Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Schroder Investment Management Group, William Blair Investment Management LLC, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 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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One share of COLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.59.

Columbia Banking System has a market capitalization of $3.27 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 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]