Columbia Banking System-Columbia Banking (COLB) Tops Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Columbia Banking (COLB) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.69 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of$ 0.61 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.79 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 13.11%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this bank holding company would post earnings of$ 0.57 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.67, delivering a surprise of 17.54%.Over the last four quarters ...