RBC Capital analyst Jon Arfstrom maintains $Columbia Banking System (COLB.US)$ with a hold rating, and adjusts the target price from $29 to $31.
According to TipRanks data, the analyst has a success rate of 59.0% and a total average return of 16.4% over the past year.
Furthermore, according to the comprehensive report, the opinions of $Columbia Banking System (COLB.US)$'s main analysts recently are as follows:
The firm recognizes initial positive signs concerning the bank's recent market expansion and the addition of new team members following the Q3 report.
Columbia Banking reported a quarter that surpassed expectations, and its guidance was largely reaffirmed. Despite deposit growth falling short of projections, a seasonal uptick in noninterest bearing deposits, coupled with robust growth in customer interest bearing deposits, enabled the bank to diminish its reliance on brokered deposits by 20%. Additionally, it managed to retire a segment of its wholesale borrowings.
The analyst notes that Columbia Banking's net interest income is benefiting from deposit repricing. However, the outlook may present challenges when the funding beta reaches its peak, alongside a reduction in accretion income and limited growth in the balance sheet.
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