A share price of Columbia Banking System, Inc [COLB] is currently trading at $25.63, up 0.23%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The COLB shares have gain 2.64% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.65%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Columbia Banking System, Inc [NASDAQ: COLB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 06, 2025, when Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $35 from $33. On September 24, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $31 on the stock. Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and suggested a price target of $20 on March 08, 2024. Stephens downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and reduced its price target to $24 on January 25, 2024. Raymond James downgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 25, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $25. In a note dated January 25, 2024, Keefe Bruyette downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $30 to $25.
Columbia Banking System, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $17.08 and $32.85. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $24 within the next 12 months. Columbia Banking System, Inc [NASDAQ: COLB] shares were valued at $25.63 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -6.36% based on the average COLB price forecast.
Analyzing the COLB fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Columbia Banking System, Inc [NASDAQ:COLB] were 2.97B which represents -4.07% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.99% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.27%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.2%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.72.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 25.44 points at the first support level, and at 25.26 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 25.89, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 26.15.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Columbia Banking System, Inc [NASDAQ:COLB] is 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.81, the price to book ratio is 1.05 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.05.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Nixon Torran B, Senior Executive VP, that happened on Mar 04 ’25 when 4481.0 shares were sold. Officer, Nixon Torran B completed a deal on Mar 04 ’25 to buy 4481.0 shares.
