On Monday, Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) opened lower -0.91% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $23.16. Price fluctuations for COLB have ranged from $17.08 to $28.11 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Financial sector company grew by 45.00% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -0.02% at the time writing. With a float of $207.58 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $208.58 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 5114 employees.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Banks – Regional industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Columbia Banking System, Inc. is 0.91%, while institutional ownership is 93.50%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 06 ’24, was worth 49,619. In this transaction Director of this company bought 2,685 shares at a rate of $18.48, taking the stock ownership to the 25,001 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 01 ’24, when Company’s Chief Strategy/Innovation Offc bought 2,000 for $19.32, making the entire transaction worth $38,648. This insider now owns 36,850 shares in total.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -0.02% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.57% during the next five years compared to -5.50% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.61. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.25.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.27, a number that is poised to hit 0.61 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.63 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB)
Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) saw its 5-day average volume 1.3 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 2.5 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 21.84%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.92.
During the past 100 days, Columbia Banking System, Inc.’s (COLB) raw stochastic average was set at 58.72%, which indicates a significant increase from 16.06% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 60.63% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 38.25% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $21.25, while its 200-day Moving Average is $21.03. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $23.60 in the near term. At $24.25, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $24.61. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $22.58, it is likely to go to the next support level at $22.22. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $21.57.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) Key Stats
There are currently 209,378K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 4.81 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 2,743 M according to its annual income of 348,720 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 740,240 K and its income totaled 120,140 K.
