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Banner Corporation BANR Balance Sheet Statement

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
$439.24M-0.6%$422.64M-15.8%$672.86M+40.5%$483.35M+95.3%$441.95M+111%
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$25.45M-0.6%
$136.83M-5.3%
$147.18M-0.3%
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$9.81M-43.3%$16.48M-26.6%$14.23M-28.0%$35.15M+28.7%$17.29M+47.2%
$100.000.0%
$51.5M+1.0%$48.2M+1.0%$53.3M+0.4%$52.2M-2.1%$51M-1.0%
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$1.43M+287%$4.11M+918%$1.27M-67.8%$2.98M+16.6%$370K-46.8%
$151.94M-11.9%$146.56M-16.8%$156.21M+15.9%$179.48M+5.3%$172.54M+1.9%
$13K+550%$34K-5.6%$41K-67.7%$4K-94.4%$2K-97.5%
$43.65M+38.2%$33.88M-0.4%$31.29M+5.9%$31.43M+2.2%$31.58M+50.3%
$11.22M-41.7%$11.54M-40.3%$11.49M-24.7%$13.03M-24.2%$19.24M+4.0%
$881.54M-6.0%$908.73M-3.8%$919.7M-4.6%$928.63M-4.5%$937.62M-5.8%
$7.56M+107%$7.34M+101%$9.42M+70.9%$8.52M+202%$3.65M-0.6%
$0-100%$50M-0.7%$49.99M-0.7%$49.98M-52.5%$75.32M-30.0%
$1.46B-2.6%$1.53B+2.2%$1.54B+1.2%$1.48B-3.1%$1.5B+1.2%
$1.35B-12.3%$1.39B-10.5%$1.46B-11.0%$1.47B-8.9%$1.54B-8.5%
$36.13M+49.1%$34.43M+35.4%$35.66M+26.7%$21.27M-26.9%$24.23M-15.9%
$3.86B+9.0%$3.72B+7.1%$3.71B+11.0%$3.54B+10.9%$3.54B+11.7%
$7.84B+4.3%$7.72B+4.0%$7.9B+7.8%$7.55B+7.5%$7.52B+7.8%
$118.47M+25.5%
$0
$11.4M-22.5%
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$657.6K-3.7%
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$8.2B+3.8%
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$429.61M+2.0%$435.37M-1.1%$426.22M-6.5%$421.19M-19.4%
$510.87M-0.2%$517.73M+1.4%$522.04M-5.5%$511.9M-18.8%
$0.010.0%$0.010.0%$0.010.0%$0.010.0%$0.010.0%
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$9.2M-41.0%
$3.3M-67.6%
$12.9M+5.7%$15M+10.3%$14M+1.4%$12.8M-8.6%$12.2M-10.3%
$0.060.0%
$2.09M-24.1%$2.07M-46.3%$2.4M-41.7%$2.22M-50.7%$2.75M-37.3%
$1.42B-2.4%$1.48B+2.2%$1.48B+1.5%$1.42B-2.1%$1.45B+4.5%
$7.72M-36.6%$8.88M-32.9%$9.5M-29.1%$11.16M-37.9%$12.17M-35.8%
$32.4M+0.3%$35.53M+14.4%$40.75M+0.7%$37.34M-22.2%$32.31M-52.8%
0.9%+0.1%0.9%+0.2%0.9%+0.2%0.7%+0.1%0.7%+0.2%
2.6%+1.8%2.6%+1.7%2.8%+1.9%2.7%+1.9%0.9%+0.1%
3.1%-0.5%3.4%-0.5%3.5%-0.5%3.5%-0.5%3.6%-0.3%
0.5%0.0%0.5%-0.1%0.5%-0.2%0.6%-0.2%0.5%-0.2%
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$528.1M+8.3%
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-$16.3M-5.8%-$16.5M-6.5%-$16.5M-10.0%-$16.9M-13.4%-$15.4M-10.8%
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$1.11B+2.9%
$830.93M+2.9%
$652.14M+2.4%
$830.93M+2.9%
$104.46M+17.3%$118.47M-22.9%$112.52M+26.0%$86.34M+1.1%$89.02M+52.5%
$104.46M+17.3%$118.47M-22.9%$112.52M+26.0%$86.34M+1.1%$89.02M+52.5%
$1.38B+2.9%

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Questions, answered.

What are Banner Corporation's total assets?
Banner Corporation (BANR) holds $16.3B in total assets, up 1.1% year over year.
How much debt does Banner Corporation have?
Banner Corporation carries $33.8M in total debt against $2.0B of shareholders' equity, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02.
How much cash does Banner Corporation have?
Banner Corporation holds $439.2M in cash and equivalents.
Where does Banner Corporation's balance sheet data come from?
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