Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for COLB in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Columbia Banking System (COLB) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$29.06−0.58 (−2.0%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryColumbia Banking System's week centered on its Q2 2026 results and follow-on capital moves. The company reported EPS of $0.76 (operating), beating the $0.73 consensus estimate, with operating pre-provision net revenue and net income up 30% and 36% year-over-year following the Pacific Premier acquisition, average earning assets of $60.3 billion, and net interest margin of 3.93%. Revenue of $677.00 million missed expectations by $10.40 million, and the stock later slipped 1.44% to $28.92 after a $250 million subordinated note issue raised questions about capital strength and operating efficiency. Piper Sandler's Matthew Clark maintained a Buy rating with a $36.00 price target.
Shares closed at $29.06, down 2%, sitting between the 50-day average of $30.81 and the 200-day average of $29.82, with a one-month return of -5.3% and a three-month return of -9.2%, against a six-month gain of 8.8% and a one-year gain of 12.6%. The GekkoIndex reads 64, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 9.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $32.14.
The next earnings date is 29 October 2026, 30 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Consensus among 11 firms shows 5 buy and 6 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $34.14 and consensus upside of 17.5%. Seasonality over 5 years shows an average 20-day return of 0.4%, rising in 3 of those years. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Columbia Banking System price vs fair value
Close $29.06200-day averageGekko Fair Value $32.14
Columbia Banking System quick facts
- Market cap
- $8.22B
- P/E ratio
- 11.7
- Forward P/E
- 8.6
- EPS, TTM
- $2.54
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.51B
- Profit margin
- 28.4%
- Dividend yield
- 5.04%
- Beta
- 0.65
- Volume
- 2.05M avg 2.91M
- 1-year return
- +12.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6%
- 50-day average
- $30.81
- 200-day average
- $29.82
- Next earnings
- Oct 29 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 282.9M
Columbia Banking System swing-trade checklist
Columbia Banking System scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $29.06 sits between the 50-day ($30.81) and 200-day ($29.82) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
64, Accumulation
Reading 64 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
9.6% below
Price is 9.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 30 days
Next report Oct 29, 2026, 30 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+0.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.4% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Columbia Banking System stock chart and price history
Columbia Banking System closed at $29.06 on Sep 28, 2026, +12.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $23.83 to $33.67.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −5.3%
- 3 months
- −9.2%
- 6 months
- +8.8%
- 1 year
- +12.6%
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About Columbia Banking System
Columbia Banking System is the holding company behind Columbia Bank, offering everyday banking alongside private banking and mortgage services across the United States. It is recognized for a broad deposit lineup, spanning checking, savings, money market and cash sweep accounts, as well as certificates of deposit, and for a commercial lending arm that covers credit lines, term loans, equipment and property financing, construction lending and trade finance.
Beyond core deposits and loans, the company runs wealth management services covering financial planning, investing, trust work, insurance and private banking, plus a treasury management unit handling digital payments, wire transfers, cash management and international banking tools for businesses. Its customer base includes corporations, institutions, small businesses and individual consumers, and it also extends residential and consumer loans to households.
Columbia Banking System traces back to 1953 and operates out of Tacoma, Washington. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker COLB.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Regional banks
- Website
- columbiabankingsystem.com
Columbia Banking System GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Columbia Banking System’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64, in the Accumulation zone, down 0.7 points over five sessions.
64Accumulation
Down 0.7 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 47 | −0.5% | +1.3% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 179 | +0.4% | +3.2% | ||
| Neutral | 413 | +0.4% | +1.2% | ||
| Distribution | 32 | −0.9% | −3.5% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average COLB share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Columbia Banking System stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Columbia Banking System trades 9.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $32.14, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Columbia Banking System shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$32.14
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
9.6% Undervalued
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Columbia Banking System insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Columbia Banking System, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in COLB were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Columbia Banking System has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $203.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 2.47%
- Trailing four quarters
- $518.4M
From company filings.
Columbia Banking System earnings: next date and track record
Columbia Banking System reports on Oct 29, 2026, after the close (30 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 29, 2026
Expected after the close, 30 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.77
- Revenue estimate
- $688.0M
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.5%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 23, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Columbia Banking System reported Q2 2026 EPS of $0.73 (operating EPS $0.76), with operating pre-provision net revenue and net income up 30% and 36% year-over-year following the Pacific Premier acquisition. Average earning assets were $60.3 billion. Net interest margin was 3.93%, flat with Q1 when adjusting for one-time credit-related reversals. The company returned over $300 million to shareholders via dividends and buybacks, and exceeded its PacPremier cost savings target.
- Guidance
- Management targets continued balance sheet optimization and NIM stability. The company is pursuing targeted efficiency opportunities to fund franchise investment. Leadership expressed a bullish forward outlook, supporting ongoing capital returns and share repurchases.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.76 est $0.73 | $680.0M est $687.4M | −4.5% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.72 est $0.69 | $675.0M est $677.2M | +0.8% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | $0.82 est $0.72 | $715.0M est $695.3M | −2.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.85 est $0.69 | $582.0M est $574.6M | +1.7% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.76 est $0.66 | $510.9M est $493.1M | +1.8% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $0.67 est $0.64 | $491.4M est $483.3M | +2.4% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | $0.71 est $0.65 | $487.1M est $480.8M | −2.8% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.69 est $0.61 | — | +3.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Columbia Banking System stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Columbia Banking System is $34.14, +17.5% from the last close, from 11 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$34.14consensus 12-month target, +17.5% from the last close
Now $29.06Avg $34.14
Low $30High $37
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 11 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | Piper Sandler | $36 | +23.9% |
| Sep 22 | Citi | $31 | +6.7% |
| Sep 16 | Barclays | $30 | +3.2% |
| Sep 1 | D.A. Davidson | $36 | +23.9% |
| Aug 10 | Wells Fargo | $34 | +17.0% |
+3.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+0.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Columbia Banking System seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Columbia Banking System averaged +0.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.9% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, COLB’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6%.
Columbia Banking System market cap and key statistics
Columbia Banking System’s market cap is $8.22B, with a P/E ratio of 11.7 and revenue of $2.51B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $8.22B
- P/E ratio
- 11.7
- Forward P/E
- 8.6
- EPS, TTM
- $2.54
- Gekko Fair Value
- $32.14
Trading
- Volume
- 2.05M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 2.91M
- 52-week high
- $33.67
- 52-week low
- $23.83
- Shares outstanding
- 282.9M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.51B
- Profit margin
- 28.4%
- Return on equity
- 11%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +0.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.65
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6%
- Dividend yield
- 5.04%
Columbia Banking System stock news this week
Coverage of Columbia Banking System this week reads positive: 3 positive, 2 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) Stock Price, News, Quote & HistoryYahoo! Finance Canada, Sep 24
- Analysts Are Bullish on These Financial Stocks: Allstate (ALL), Columbia Banking System (COLB)The Globe and Mail, Sep 24
- Head-To-Head Analysis: China Construction Bank (OTCMKTS:CICHY) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB)Defense World, Sep 24
- Columbia Banking System stock slips 1.44 percent after debt issueAD HOC NEWS, Sep 23
- Analysts Estimate Columbia Banking (COLB) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out forEastern Progress, Sep 22
- Columbia Banking System stock opens higher after an EPS beatAD HOC NEWS, Sep 22
Columbia Banking System peers
Columbia Banking System’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CMCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Accumulation | 4.8% below |
| USBU.S. Bancorp | Accumulation | 10.6% below |
| NUNu | Buying | 24.1% below |
| TFCTruist Financial | Buying | 10.3% below |
| FITBFifth Third Bancorp | Accumulation | 11.5% below |
| MTBM&T Bank | Accumulation | 11.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Columbia Banking System stock FAQ
What is Columbia Banking System’s market cap?
Columbia Banking System’s market cap is $8.22B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $29.06, with 282.9M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 11.7.
What is the Columbia Banking System stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Columbia Banking System is $34.14, +17.5% from the last close. Of the 11 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 5 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Columbia Banking System stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Columbia Banking System is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $29.06 is 9.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $32.14. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Columbia Banking System report earnings next?
Columbia Banking System is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026, after the market closes (30 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.77 per share on revenue of $688.0M. Columbia Banking System beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.5% on average across the report.
What is Columbia Banking System’s 52-week high and low?
Columbia Banking System’s 52-week high is $33.67 and its 52-week low is $23.83; it closed at $29.06 on Sep 28, 2026, +12.6% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $40.78 on Oct 11, 2021.
Is Columbia Banking System stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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