The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

COLB

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.columbiabankingsystem.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$177.00M+43.6%
Net income$349.00M+35.0%
Cash from ops$670.00M+22.9%
Quotation

$32.44

+0.19 (+0.6%)

52w hi$33.61
52w lo$23.18
Vol4.25M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Buy

Our score +0.56

Short+0.62
Medium+0.53
Long+0.51

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

Financial Services · Banks - Regional

Market cap$9.17B
Enterprise value$12.35B
Trailing P/E12.77x
Forward P/E9.89x
EV / EBITDA
P / S (ttm)3.66x
Profit margin28.4%
Return on equity11.0%
Revenue growth+35.1%
Earnings growth+0.2%
Debt / equity
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.16
Corr SPX0.57
Annual vol33.0%
Annual ret+21.6%
Sharpe0.66
Max DD-35.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.34
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.18
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.53

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$32.50$32.60$32.33$32.444.25M
Aug 12$31.88$32.28$31.74$32.253.11M
Aug 11$31.29$31.88$31.27$31.712.06M
Aug 10$31.19$31.39$30.95$31.262.43M
Aug 7$30.94$31.29$30.76$31.242.88M