Columbia Banking System Inc
COLBWithin bandExpectations · modestHeld by 2 superinvestors.
SEC 10-K · fundamentals
Business quality
as of 2025-12-31- Revenue growth
- +18.9%
- Net margin
- 310.7%
- ROE
- 7.0%
- FCF margin
- —
Fundamentals data incomplete — read with care.
What makes a business high qualityValuation · value band
In fair-value range
Zero-growth floor
$24
Central IV
$26
Optimistic top
$32
Columbia Banking System Inc (COLB): A conservative value band $24–$32 / sh (zero-growth floor to growth-capped optimistic top); central read about $26. Today’s price sits inside that band (price $31 as of 2026-08-25).
The middle figure is the main read. The right end is the optimistic case under the same conservative caps — not an absolute ceiling.
Revenue growth 4% (lower of historical trend and fundamental cap, capped by moat) · moat 0 yr · discount 10.6% · Zero-growth downside $24
Price as of 2026-08-25 · yahoo · DGS10 4.6% @ 2026-08-25.
Method & numbers
Operating income is not reported separately (e.g. banks, insurers, and some diversified issuers), so earnings power is shown via the owner-earnings lens only; the unlevered NOPAT lens does not apply.
A conservative intrinsic-value band (zero-growth floor to growth-capped DCF) plus a tangible asset floor — not investment advice, not a buy/sell signal, and not a price target.
Owner-earnings DCF $17.43 – $31.51 · Greenwald zero-growth $23.61 · zero-growth base $23.61 · reproduction $23.61
Moat Commodity-like · terminal value 48% of present value · owner-earnings yield 6% vs 10Y 4.6%.
Graham earnings-power value (normalized NOPAT)
Operating income is not reported separately (e.g. banks, insurers, and some diversified issuers), so earnings power is shown via the owner-earnings lens only; the unlevered NOPAT lens does not apply.
Normalized NOPAT from operating margin — not applicable when operating income is not reported separately. Unlevered (pre-interest, attributable to all capital). Capitalized at the 9–11% rate band (read as a WACC proxy). Enterprise → equity bridge (+ cash − total debt) — not applied (lens not assessable).
Years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Buffett owner-earnings value$17.28 – $21.12 / sh
Owner earnings = average net income + average D&A − maintenance capex (zero-growth floor; no ΔNWC). Levered (starts from net income, already after interest — an equity-holder stream). Capitalized at the 9–11% rate band (read as a cost-of-equity proxy). No enterprise→equity bridge: the capitalized result is already equity value (subtracting debt would double-count interest).
Years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
v1 simplifications: Maintenance capex or D&A unavailable → degraded to normalized net income (= average net income over the years shown). One-time items are not separately normalized (multi-year averaging smooths them partially). Share-based compensation is left as a real expense (not added back); see the SBC/OE disclosure. Capitalized at the 9–11% band as a cost-of-equity proxy; no leverage premium applied. Financial issuer (bank/insurer): net debt / owner earnings does not describe a deposit-funded balance sheet, so no leverage premium is applied here; leverage is instead handled by the reliability gate.
Reproduction value = tangible net assets $5.65B = $23.61 / sh. Tangible net assets = shareholders' equity − goodwill − intangibles, ÷ diluted shares (no R&D history to capitalize).
Moat reading: Franchise test compares earnings power (EPV) against reproduction value on both AV_conservative (tangible + capitalized R&D) and AV_reproduction (conservative + acquired-reset proxy). Both must clear the franchise multiple for a moat signal; near it, a commodity; below it, value destruction. A directional reading, not a verdict.
Growth value gated to zero — no moat or ROIIC ≤ WACC, so no growth value is credited.
Window FY 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 · discount band 9%–11% · normalized tax 21% (Average effective tax rate over 2 year(s), capped at the statutory 21%.) · diluted shares.
Owner-earnings DCF: growth g₁ 4% · OE FY 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 · Discount band: 9.14%–12.00% (DGS10 +4.5% to a 12% strict end, as of 2026-08-25). No enterprise→equity bridge: owner earnings already flow to shareholders (post-interest), so no net cash is added and no debt subtracted — matching the engine owner-earnings lamp.
What the price is betting
Today's price pencils in about 7.0% a year in owner-earnings for the next few years. Revenue actually grew 22.8% a year.
Below what it has already done.
Roughly, the price needs its historical revenue growth to run about 3 more years to hold up.
SEC 13F · holders
Superinvestors Holding This Security
2 holders · $83.2M combined · this quarter +0 opened / -0 exited
- Value$68.2MWeight (prev→now)0.2% → 0.2% ▲
- Value$14.9MWeight (prev→now)0.0% → 0.1% ▲
SEC 13F · notes
Written summary
Written summary
Columbia Banking System Inc (COLB) is held by 2 of the superinvestors tracked on Compounder, with a combined $83.2M in reported 13F value. The largest position belongs to Richard Pzena, where it makes up 0.2% of the portfolio.
Other notable holders by value include Ray Dalio (0.1% of its book).
Over the latest quarter, 0 of the tracked filers opened a new position in COLB, 2 added to existing ones, 0 trimmed, and 0 sold out entirely.
Holder counts and values reflect the most recent SEC Form 13F filings, through the quarter ended 2026-06-30. Source: SEC EDGAR. A 13F shows only long US-listed positions and can lag the real portfolio by up to 45 days, so this is disclosed long ownership, not a complete picture.
SEC 13F · co-ownership
Also held by these investors
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COLB's price is not below its conservative value band. See current strike-zone stocks
Sources· SEC EDGAR 13F as of 2026-06-30 · filed 2026-08-14
Educational data only — not investment advice. 13F positions are self-reported and can lag up to 45 days.
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