Columbia Banking Tops Bank Director's 2026 Ranking for $50B+ Banks
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Tacoma – October 15, 2026 -- Columbia Banking System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB) ranked No. 1 among banks with at least $50 billion in assets in Bank Director's 2026 RankingBanking study, moving up from No. 2 in each of the previous two years.
Columbia ranks first for asset quality and top three for profitability among large banks
In the latest study, Columbia placed No. 1 among large banks for asset quality. It also finished among the top three for profitability, measured by return on average assets (ROAA).
The study evaluates the 300 largest publicly traded U.S. banks on four measures: return on average tangible common equity, return on average total assets, tangible common equity to tangible assets, and nonperforming assets to loans and other real estate owned.