Columbia Banking System, Inc.

COLB Financial Banks Regional

Columbia Banking System, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.2 billion, up 8.36% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+11.6%
EPS
+95.0%
Free cash flow
+238.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

30.51 0.86 −2.74%
Market cap
$8.6B
P/E
10.6×
Fwd P/E
10.4×
Dividend yield
4.85%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) Free cash flow margin

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Columbia Banking System, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 22.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (22.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.0% (fiscal 2024) to 77.0% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Banks Regional industry median of 18.0% and below the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 22.0% 0.97
FY2024 21.0% (4.92)
FY2023 25.9% (51.10)
FY2022 77.0% 27.93
FY2021 49.1% 19.12
FY2020 30.0% (2.71)
FY2019 32.7% (8.65)
FY2018 41.3% 13.57
FY2017 27.8% (7.67)
FY2016 35.4% 1.59

Against its own ten years

Low 21.0% High 77.0%
Ten-year median 32.7%
Current reading's percentile 18

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
CBC Central Bancompany compare 38.2%
BOKF BOK Financial Corporation compare 24.5%
ONB Old National Bancorp compare 23.9%
ZION Zions Bancorporation, N.A. compare 0.00%
COLB Columbia Banking System, Inc. 0.00%
VLY Valley National Bancorp compare 0.00%
CBSH Commerce Bancshares, Inc. compare 0.00%
PB Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. compare 0.00%
WAL Western Alliance Bancorporation compare −4.92%
Banks Regional industry median 18.0%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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