secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)
CIK:        0001723596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001723596-25-000021
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Financial posts Q4 net loss of $21.2M on balance sheet repositioning
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- Net loss $21.2M ($0.21 per share) vs. net income $6.6M ($0.06) in Q4 2023.
- Sold $352.3M of debt securities; pre-tax loss of $37.9M from repositioning.
- Core net income (non-GAAP) $11.4M, up 12.4% from $10.1M a year ago.
- Proceeds used to fund loan growth ($72.9M), buy higher-yielding securities ($78.1M), prepay borrowings ($170.0M).
- Annual meeting of stockholders set for June 5, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359625000021/0001723596-25-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359625000021/clbk-20250128.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-25-000021

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