secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)
CIK:        0001723596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001723596-26-000013
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Financial Q1 net income $13.1M ($0.13/share), up 47% YoY; net interest margin expands to 2.42%
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- Net income of $13.1M ($0.13 per share) for Q1 2026, up 47.2% from $8.9M ($0.09) in Q1 2025.
- Net interest margin improved 31 bps YoY to 2.42%, driven by higher loan yields and lower deposit costs.
- Provision for credit losses decreased 67.4% to $1.0M; net recoveries of $604K vs net charge-offs of $857K last year.
- Non-interest expense rose 8.3% to $47.5M, including $1.8M in merger-related costs and higher compensation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000013/0001723596-26-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000013/clbk-20260420.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-26-000013

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