Columbia Banking System Cash Flow Statement
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Columbia Banking System free cash flow
In fiscal 2025, Columbia Banking System generated $746.0 million of operating cash flow. That left free cash flow of $746.0 million, a free-cash-flow margin of 421.5% of revenue. Free cash flow was up 13.2% from the prior year's $659.0 million.
Columbia Banking System returned $444.0 million to shareholders: $335.0 million in dividends and $109.0 million in share repurchases, equal to 60% of free cash flow. Free cash flow covered dividend payments 2.2 times.
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Columbia Banking System cash flow statement (annual)
| Fiscal year (USD) | FY 20252025-12-31 | FY 20242024-12-31 | FY 20232023-12-31 | FY 20222022-12-31 | FY 20212021-12-31 | FY 20202020-12-31 | FY 20192019-12-31 | FY 20182018-12-31 | FY 20172017-12-31 | FY 20162016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 550.00M | 534.00M | 349.00M | 336.75M | 420.30M | 154.24M | 194.45M | 172.88M | 112.83M | 104.87M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | +3.00% | +53.01% | +3.64% | -19.88% | +172.49% | -20.68% | +12.48% | +53.23% | +7.59% | +6.11% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 141.00M | 150.00M | 144.00M | 28.30M | 31.50M | 14.89M | 34.21M | 32.97M | 31.10M | 34.54M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 33.00M | 20.00M | 18.00M | 9.75M | 10.91M | 10.74M | 9.27M | 8.35M | 7.75M | 5.01M |
| Change in Working Capital | -154.00M | -40.00M | -119.00M | 399.76M | 143.77M | -15.75M | -9.16M | 8.86M | -36.02M | -7.17M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 746.00M | 659.00M | 670.00M | 1.07B | 662.72M | 192.29M | 204.75M | 237.20M | 128.53M | 145.85M |
| Capital Expenditures | — | — | — | -27.09M | -15.48M | -8.72M | -8.45M | -11.33M | -6.50M | -4.52M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 2.17B | 114.00M | 502.00M | -3.53B | -1.53B | -1.92B | -865.45M | -506.08M | -199.49M | -548.55M |
| Dividends Paid | -335.00M | -300.00M | -270.00M | -182.27M | -183.73M | -95.51M | -101.91M | -83.44M | -51.31M | -88.68M |
| Share Repurchases | -109.00M | -6.00M | -6.00M | -4.16M | -80.69M | -20.00M | -50.83M | 0 | 0 | -1.13M |
| Debt Issued | 11.68B | 4.90B | 17.35B | 1.65B | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Financing Cash Flow | -2.42B | -1.06B | -304.00M | 1.00B | 1.06B | 2.13B | 630.79M | 203.94M | 189.26M | 451.64M |
| Net Change in Cash | 502.00M | -285.00M | 868.00M | -1.47B | 188.44M | 406.09M | -29.91M | -64.95M | 118.30M | 48.94M |
| Free Cash Flow | 746.00M | 659.00M | 670.00M | 1.04B | 647.25M | 183.57M | 196.30M | 225.87M | 122.03M | 141.33M |
This table shows 10 annual periods of Columbia Banking System's cash flow statement, from FY 2025 back to FY 2016, across 13 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow COLB's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?