Columbia Banking System, Inc (NASDAQ: COLB) kicked off on Tuesday, down -0.76% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $24.94. Over the past 52 weeks, COLB has traded in a range of $17.08-$32.85.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Financial sector was 45.09%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -1.17%. With a float of $207.89 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $209.54 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 4721 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 98.79%, operating margin of 23.78%, and the pretax margin is 26.99%.
Columbia Banking System, Inc (COLB) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Banks – Regional Industry. The insider ownership of Columbia Banking System, Inc is 0.84%, while institutional ownership is 93.06%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 04 ’25, was worth 116,461. In this transaction Senior Executive VP of this company sold 4,481 shares at a rate of $25.99, taking the stock ownership to the 104,869 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 04 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 4,481 for $25.99, making the entire transaction worth $116,461.
Columbia Banking System, Inc (COLB) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.66 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -1.17% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.46% during the next five years compared to -0.98% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Columbia Banking System, Inc (NASDAQ: COLB) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Columbia Banking System, Inc’s (COLB) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of N/A. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.75. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.33.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.55, a number that is poised to hit 0.63 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.87 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Columbia Banking System, Inc (COLB)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.48 million, its volume of 1.25 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 33.24%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.70.
During the past 100 days, Columbia Banking System, Inc’s (COLB) raw stochastic average was set at 12.34%, which indicates a significant decrease from 48.41% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.77% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 33.70% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $26.43, while its 200-day Moving Average is $25.95. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $25.05 in the near term. At $25.36, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $25.74. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $24.36, it is likely to go to the next support level at $23.98. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $23.67.
Columbia Banking System, Inc (NASDAQ: COLB) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 5.19 billion has total of 209,649K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 2,966 M in contrast with the sum of 533,680 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 726,330 K and last quarter income was 143,270 K.
