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COLB · NasdaqGS
Columbia Banking System Inc.
Banks - Regional · United States
USD 28.960.4% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
- Market cap (USD)
- US$8.19B
- Trailing P/E
- 11.40x
- Forward P/E
- 8.79x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 35.1%
- Trailing net margin
- 28.4%
- Indicated dividend yield
- 5.1%
Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-10-22 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
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.
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| Metric | COLBColumbia Banking System, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | BOKFBOK Financial CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | WALWestern Alliance BancorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | Peer medianSimilar-size peers only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$8.19B | US$7.80B | US$8.33B | US$8.07Bn=2 |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 8.79x | 11.98x | 6.80x | 9.39xn=2 |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 35.1% | 10.1% | 13.6% | 11.9%n=2 |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 11.40x | 12.10x | 8.61x | 10.36xn=2 |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 1.08x | 1.28x | 1.09x | 1.19xn=2 |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | — | — | — | — |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 0.2% | 33.2% | 14.0% | 23.6%n=2 |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | — | — | — | — |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 28.4% | 28.5% | 28.2% | 28.4%n=2 |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 11.0% | 10.9% | 13.0% | 11.9%n=2 |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | — | — | — | — |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 5.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.1%n=2 |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 57.6% | 23.2% | 18.5% | 20.8%n=2 |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 0.69 | 0.82 | 1.42 | 1.12n=2 |
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