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Columbia Banking System (COLB) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2025)

Columbia Banking System (COLB) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 5 consecutive years, with $271.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 12.92% to $271.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $706.0 million through Dec 2025, up 13.32% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $706.0 million for FY2025, 13.32% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $271.0 million in Q4 2025 for Columbia Banking System, up from $228.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $458.2 million in Q4 2021 to a low of -$42.5 million in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $186.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $162.1 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: plummeted 115.63% in 2023 and later surged 523.08% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $458.2 million in 2021, then crashed by 68.46% to $144.5 million in 2022, then crashed by 38.09% to $89.5 million in 2023, then surged by 168.23% to $240.0 million in 2024, then grew by 12.92% to $271.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for COLB at $271.0 million in Q4 2025, $228.2 million in Q3 2025, and $85.0 million in Q2 2025.