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Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Tacoma, United States | NasdaqGS
28.50 USD +0.47 (1.677%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 11:03 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★★☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:46 a.m. EDT

Columbia Banking System presents a compelling value case for patient capital, anchored by a robust 5.24% dividend yield and a fortress-like balance sheet where the stock trades at book value. The business fundamentals are sound, evidenced by a 35% surge in revenue growth and a healthy payout ratio that leaves ample room for future increases. However, the long-term price trajectory tells a different story; the market has punished the stock significantly over the last decade, capping the total return despite the improving operational metrics. While the recent technical setup looks promising and options flow hints at a potential bounce, the lingering drag from past performance prevents a full 'exceptional buy' rating. This is a solid core holding for income and moderate growth, but investors should remain wary of the historical headwinds that have kept the valuation compressed.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.032658
AutoETS0.033822
AutoARIMA0.033822
AutoTheta0.036525

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 5.55
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.720
Excess Kurtosis -0.56
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-27
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-27
Revenue per Share 9.024
Market Cap 8,060,284,416
Trailing P/E 11.18
Forward P/E 8.63
Beta 0.69
Profit Margins 28.38%
Previous Name Umpqua Holdings Corporation
Website https://www.columbiabankingsystem.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:46 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome with a distinct skew toward upside volatility. Call open interest is heavily concentrated out-of-the-money at strikes above the current price (35 and 40), while put open interest remains thin relative to calls. This distribution suggests traders are betting on a recovery or continued appreciation rather than a crash, despite the elevated implied volatility on near-term puts.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.23% 5.11% 5.83% 5.18%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-28 0.370000 1.230462
2026-05-29 0.370000 1.248313
2026-02-27 0.370000 1.300527
2025-11-28 0.370000 1.334776
2025-08-29 0.360000 1.344789
2025-05-30 0.360000 1.539778
2025-02-28 0.360000 1.346801
2024-11-29 0.360000 1.160916
2024-08-23 0.360000 1.441730
2024-05-23 0.360000 1.909814
2024-02-22 0.360000 1.988950
2023-11-22 0.360000 1.645338
2023-08-24 0.360000 1.823708
2023-05-30 0.360000 1.739130
2023-02-03 0.300000 0.920245
2022-10-14 0.300000 1.007049
2022-08-02 0.300000 1.016605
2022-05-03 0.300000 1.015572
2022-02-01 0.300000 0.861574
2021-10-12 0.300000 0.890736
2021-08-10 0.280000 0.753093
2021-05-11 0.280000 0.655584
2021-02-09 0.280000 0.653900
2020-11-09 0.280000 0.843628
2020-08-04 0.280000 0.976971
2020-05-13 0.280000 1.377275
2020-02-04 0.500000 1.262626
2019-11-05 0.280000 0.694962
2019-08-06 0.280000 0.816089
2019-05-07 0.420000 1.121495
2019-02-05 0.420000 1.141925
2018-11-06 0.400000 1.070664
2018-08-07 0.260000 0.623501
2018-05-08 0.260000 0.625150
2018-02-06 0.220000 0.529610
2017-10-30 0.220000 0.511509
2017-08-07 0.220000 0.564247
2017-05-08 0.220000 0.543881
2017-02-06 0.220000 0.558943
2016-11-07 0.390000 1.175053
2016-08-08 0.390000 1.232228
2016-05-09 0.370000 1.317195
2016-02-08 0.380000 1.371841
2015-11-06 0.360000 1.018964
2015-08-03 0.340000 1.046154
2015-05-04 0.340000 1.160806
2015-02-09 0.300000 1.098499
2014-10-29 0.300000 1.108647
2014-08-04 0.280000 1.115094
2014-05-05 0.240000 0.970481
2014-02-03 0.120000 0.475813
2013-11-04 0.110000 0.424710
2013-08-05 0.100000 0.394945
2013-05-06 0.100000 0.466853
2013-02-04 0.100000 0.495786
2012-11-05 0.090000 0.519931
2012-08-06 0.300000 1.669449
2012-05-07 0.220000 1.117318
2012-02-06 0.370000 1.731399
2011-11-07 0.130000 0.708447
2011-08-08 0.060000 0.399734
2011-05-09 0.050000 0.277932
2011-02-15 0.030000 0.152983
2010-11-08 0.010000 0.052966
2010-08-09 0.010000 0.057537
2010-05-10 0.010000 0.044683
2010-02-08 0.010000 0.055556
2009-11-09 0.010000 0.068540
2009-08-03 0.010000 0.082169
2009-05-04 0.010000 0.093545
2009-02-09 0.040000 0.415800
2008-11-03 0.070000 0.440529
2008-08-04 0.170000 1.118421
2008-05-05 0.170000 0.621800
2008-02-04 0.170000 0.696436
2007-11-05 0.170000 0.606493
2007-08-06 0.170000 0.641026
2007-05-07 0.170000 0.557194
2007-02-05 0.150000 0.437956
2006-11-06 0.150000 0.471402
2006-08-07 0.150000 0.486855
2006-05-08 0.140000 0.411402
2006-02-06 0.130000 0.395257
2005-11-07 0.120000 0.406091
2005-08-08 0.110000 0.440705
2005-05-10 0.090000 0.382979
2005-02-07 0.070000 0.286299
2004-11-08 0.070000 0.285714
2004-08-09 0.070000 0.341297
2004-05-10 0.070000 0.305944
2004-02-09 0.047619 0.216263
2003-11-03 0.047619 0.251509
2003-08-05 0.047619 0.270270
2003-05-05 0.047619 0.312500
Additional Data
dividendYield 5.24
exDividendDate 2026-08-28
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.47
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.05244381
lastDividendValue 0.37
lastDividendDate 2026-08-28
dividendDate 2026-09-14

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.16452014
Address1 1,301 A Street
Address2 Suite 800 P.O. Box 2156
All Time High 50.68
All Time Low 3.615444
Ask 30.3
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,666,330
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,905,781
Average Volume 2,905,781
Average Volume10Days 2,666,330
Beta 0.69
Bid 26.23
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 4
Book Value 26.703
City Tacoma
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 28.5
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 28.6
Day Low 27.98
Display Name Columbia Banking System
Dividend Date 1,789,344,000
Dividend Yield 5.24
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,792,699,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,792,699,200
Earnings Growth 0.002
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.368
Earnings Timestamp 1,792,699,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,699,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,699,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 4.453
Enterprise Value 11,155,750,912
Eps Current Year 3.02352
Eps Forward 3.30232
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.55
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 30.0558
Fifty Day Average Change -1.5557995
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.051763702
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 16.452015
Fifty Two Week High 33.68
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.1800003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.15380049
Fifty Two Week Low 23.83
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.19597147
Fifty Two Week Range 23.83 - 33.68
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 708,701,400,000
Float Shares 280,288,251
Forward Eps 3.30232
Forward P E 8.630297
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 6,005
Fullday Change 0.4699993
Fullday Change Percent 1.6767724
Fullday Price 28.5
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 2,504,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00751
Held Percent Institutions 0.97132003
Implied Shares Outstanding 282,817,000
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Ir Website http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/corporateprofile.aspx?iid=100754
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Last Dividend Value 0.37
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,084,147,200
Last Split Factor 105:100
Long Business Summary Columbia Banking System, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Columbia Bank that provides banking, private banking, mortgage, and other financial services in the United States. The company offers deposit products, including business, non-interest-bearing checking, interest-bearing checking and savings, money market, insured cash sweep and other investment sweep solutions, and certificates of deposit. It also provides commercial lending products, such as commercial lines of credit and term loans, accounts receivable and inventory financing, international trade finance, commercial property loans, multifamily loans, equipment loans, commercial equipment leases, real estate construction loans, permanent financing, small business administration program financing, and capital markets services. In addition, the company offers wealth management, comprising financial planning, investment, trust, insurance, and private banking solutions, as well as treasury management, which includes digital and mobile banking solutions, ACH, wires, positive pay, remote deposit capture, integrated payments, integrated receivables, lockbox, cash vault, real-time payments, commercial card, foreign exchange, trade and supply chain finance, international banking related products, and merchant services. Further, it provides residential real estate loans and consumer loans. The company serves corporate, institutional, small business, and individual customers in the United States. Columbia Banking System, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Tacoma, Washington.
Long Name Columbia Banking System, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 8,060,284,416
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_386159
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-10-15
Net Income To Common 709,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 8,161,730,431
Number Of Analyst Opinions 15
Open 28.15
Operating Cashflow 1,306,000,000
Operating Margins 0.50923
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.5765
Phone 253 305 1900
Prev Name Umpqua Holdings Corporation
Previous Close 28.03
Price Eps Current Year 9.4261
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.0672958
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.2176785
Profit Margins 0.28383
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.33333
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.4699993
Regular Market Change Percent 1.6767724
Regular Market Day High 28.6
Regular Market Day Low 27.98
Regular Market Day Range 27.98 - 28.6
Regular Market Open 28.15
Regular Market Previous Close 28.03
Regular Market Price 28.5
Regular Market Time 1,792,076,612
Regular Market Volume 386,572
Return On Assets 0.01212
Return On Equity 0.11028
Revenue Growth 0.351
Revenue Per Share 9.024
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 282,817,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.039100002
Shares Short 11,055,591
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 10,672,930
Short Name Columbia Banking System, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.039300002
Short Ratio 3.76
Source Interval 15
State WA
Symbol COLB
Target High Price 36.0
Target Low Price 31.0
Target Mean Price 33.33333
Target Median Price 32.0
Total Cash 1,838,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 6.497
Total Debt 5,064,000,000
Total Revenue 2,504,999,936
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.47
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.05244381
Trailing Eps 2.55
Trailing P E 11.176471
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 29.80145
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.3014507
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.043670718
Type Disp Equity
Volume 386,572
Website https://www.columbiabankingsystem.com
Zip 98,402-4200