COLM Consumer Cyclical

Columbia Sportswear Company

$70.06-1.49%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 8, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Apparel Manufacturing
Country: United States
Market cap: 3.6B USD
Enterprise value: 3.4B USD
Full-time employees: 9,620

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquiditylower risk: more liquidity
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.63), though less than the overall marketbigger price swings (beta 0.93 vs peers 0.63)
About average: valuation

Ranks #510 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (top 34%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Sales growing faster than profits. Since 2022: revenue −1.9%, operating profit −47%.
Since 2022, Columbia Sportswear's revenue changed −1.9% while operating profit fell 47%: costs rose faster than sales.
Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 156% of reported profit.
Columbia Sportswear's free cash flow is 156% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

StockQuotient Score

59/ 100▼ 2 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 62 → Nov 4 59 (-3)

Valuation

Is the price right?

59/100

Moderate▼ 7 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 66 → 59

Share price +14.5%-7

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Helped by:

▲ FCF yield
▲ Earnings yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield5.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score 0.41Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield10.0%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.27Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield9.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.52Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield44.7%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

32/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ 3-yr revenue
▼ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth-2.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.24Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth-1.5%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.91Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth-0.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.59Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

77/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ ROA
▲ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin7.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.25Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets7.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.59Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital19.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.94Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin52.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity12.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Lower

Lower relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Current ratio
▲ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.93

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.99Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio2.49×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.82Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity0.29×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.50Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Columbia Sportswear

Is Columbia Sportswear getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 59/100, down 2 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Columbia Sportswear valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 59/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 9.0% vs a peer median of 6.1% (stronger than 66% of peers).Free cash flow yield 9.0% vs peers 6.1% (stronger than 66% of peers).
Is Columbia Sportswear growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 32/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth -1.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (weaker than 74% of peers).3-year revenue growth -1.5% vs peers 4.3% (weaker than 74% of peers).
How profitable is Columbia Sportswear?: More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 77/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets 7.4% vs a peer median of 3.3% (stronger than 83% of peers).Return on assets 7.4% vs peers 3.3% (stronger than 83% of peers).
How risky is Columbia Sportswear?: Lower risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 2.49× vs a peer median of 1.48× (stronger than 80% of peers).Current ratio 2.49× vs peers 1.48× (stronger than 80% of peers). Beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 70% of peers).Beta 0.93 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 70% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 6, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

No major changes

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	3.4B USD	3.4B USD	+0.3%
Net income (12 months)	169.3M USD	206.0M USD	+21.7%
Operating margin	6.0%	7.5%	+1.6 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	174.4M USD	321.3M USD	+84.3%
Cash	319.3M USD	532.3M USD	+66.7%
Shares outstanding	51.1M	51.2M	+0.1%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Apparel Manufacturing companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	51.6%	49.4%	49.6%	50.2%	50.5%	▲ 0.3 pts
Operating margin	14.4%	11.3%	8.9%	8.0%	6.1%	▼ 1.9 pts
Net margin	11.3%	9.0%	7.2%	6.6%	5.2%	▼ 1.4 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	11.5%	10.2%	8.6%	7.5%	6.1%	▼ 1.5 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	17.8%	16.1%	13.0%	12.5%	10.4%	▼ 2.2 pts
Free cash flow margin	10.2%	-2.4%	16.7%	12.8%	6.4%	▼ 6.4 pts
Current ratio	3.11×	2.89×	3.38×	2.62×	2.59×	▼ 1.1%
Quick ratio	2.16×	1.50×	2.13×	1.72×	1.69×	▼ 1.9%

COLM price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquiditylower risk: more liquidity

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.63), though less than the overall marketbigger price swings (beta 0.93 vs peers 0.63)

About average: valuation

Ranks #510 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (top 34%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Sales growing faster than profits. Since 2022: revenue −1.9%, operating profit −47%.

Since 2022, Columbia Sportswear's revenue changed −1.9% while operating profit fell 47%: costs rose faster than sales.

Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 156% of reported profit.

Columbia Sportswear's free cash flow is 156% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

Questions investors ask about Columbia Sportswear

Is Columbia Sportswear getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 59/100, down 2 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Columbia Sportswear valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 59/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 9.0% vs a peer median of 6.1% (stronger than 66% of peers).Free cash flow yield 9.0% vs peers 6.1% (stronger than 66% of peers).

Is Columbia Sportswear growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 32/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth -1.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (weaker than 74% of peers).3-year revenue growth -1.5% vs peers 4.3% (weaker than 74% of peers).

How profitable is Columbia Sportswear?

More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 77/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets 7.4% vs a peer median of 3.3% (stronger than 83% of peers).Return on assets 7.4% vs peers 3.3% (stronger than 83% of peers).

How risky is Columbia Sportswear?

Lower risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 2.49× vs a peer median of 1.48× (stronger than 80% of peers).Current ratio 2.49× vs peers 1.48× (stronger than 80% of peers). Beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 70% of peers).Beta 0.93 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 70% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

3.4B USD

3.4B USD

+0.3%

Net income (12 months)

169.3M USD

206.0M USD

+21.7%

Operating margin

6.0%

7.5%

+1.6 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

174.4M USD

321.3M USD

+84.3%

Cash

319.3M USD

532.3M USD

+66.7%

Shares outstanding

51.1M

51.2M

+0.1%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

51.6%

49.4%

49.6%

50.2%

50.5%

▲ 0.3 pts

Operating margin

14.4%

11.3%

8.9%

8.0%

6.1%

▼ 1.9 pts

Net margin

11.3%

9.0%

7.2%

6.6%

5.2%

▼ 1.4 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

11.5%

10.2%

8.6%

7.5%

6.1%

▼ 1.5 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

17.8%

16.1%

13.0%

12.5%

10.4%

▼ 2.2 pts

Free cash flow margin

10.2%

-2.4%

16.7%

12.8%

6.4%

▼ 6.4 pts

Current ratio

3.11×

2.89×

3.38×

2.62×

2.59×

▼ 1.1%

Quick ratio

2.16×

1.50×

2.13×

1.72×

1.69×

▼ 1.9%