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Columbia Banking System Inc (COLB) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for COLB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.29 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How COLB has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.29 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Columbia Banking System Inc moved 0.29% on average · correlation 0.10 · higher than 28% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.14 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.48% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.14% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Banks - Regional · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Regional · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against COLB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Columbia Banking System Inc

COLB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Columbia Banking System operates as the holding company for Columbia Bank, offering retail and commercial banking across the United States. It provides deposit accounts, commercial and real estate lending, treasury management and wealth advisory services to businesses, institutions and individuals. The bank is based in Tacoma, Washington, and serves customers mainly in the Pacific Northwest.
Where it sits in the stack
Columbia Banking System is not part of Rubin, our index for the AI hardware build-out; it sits instead in the regional banking sleeve of our broader coverage, where we track community and mid-size lenders separately from the AI-linked technology names.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no defined peer group for it in our records, though the market often measures it against other Pacific Northwest and mid-size regional lenders such as KeyCorp.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Columbia Banking System holds a seat in the Russell 1000; it carries no Closelooknet score and has not yet appeared in any of the diary's quoted editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares steady above their recent trend lines or keep drifting below both moving averages, which would point to broader weakness across regional banks.

Columbia Banking System Inc (COLB) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.99%, quarterly · last 0.37 USD on 2026-08-28

Dividends and capital return

What COLB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.48 USD per share · a 4.99% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +2.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.44 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.37 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-28
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.36 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.44 USD · 2025: 1.45 USD · 2026: 1.11 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-22

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Columbia Banking System Inc (COLB)?

Columbia Banking System Inc trades as COLB on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is COLB in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Columbia Banking System Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does COLB trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.9% vs the 50-day and +0.5% vs the 200-day average, 12% below the 52-week high and +29.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Columbia Banking System Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Columbia Banking System Inc had a beta of 0.29 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 28% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.48% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Columbia Banking System Inc do?

Columbia Banking System operates as the holding company for Columbia Bank, offering retail and commercial banking across the United States. It provides deposit accounts, commercial and real estate lending, treasury management and wealth advisory services to businesses, institutions and individuals. The bank is based in Tacoma, Washington, and serves customers mainly in the Pacific Northwest. The diary has no defined peer group for it in our records, though the market often measures it against other Pacific Northwest and mid-size regional lenders such as KeyCorp.

Where does Columbia Banking System Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Columbia Banking System is not part of Rubin, our index for the AI hardware build-out; it sits instead in the regional banking sleeve of our broader coverage, where we track community and mid-size lenders separately from the AI-linked technology names. Columbia Banking System holds a seat in the Russell 1000; it carries no Closelooknet score and has not yet appeared in any of the diary's quoted editions.

Does Columbia Banking System Inc pay a dividend?

Columbia Banking System Inc has paid 1.48 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.99% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.37 USD on 2026-08-28. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for COLB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Banks - Regional. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.