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Columbia Sportswear

US · COLM #2521 by market cap Listed 1970
56.53 -0.92 -1.60%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 5s ago · 2026-10-07 19:54
After-hours 56.53 0.00%
Market cap
2.89B
P/B
1.81
EPS
3.24
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Good
  • Altman Z-Score is 4.20, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +0.85% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
50.53%
Operating margin
6.95%
Net margin
5.22%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 2.80B3.04B2.50B3.13B3.46B3.49B3.37B3.40B
Gross profit 1.39B1.52B1.22B1.61B1.71B1.73B1.69B1.72B
Selling & admin expenses 1.05B1.14B1.10B1.18B1.30B1.42B1.44B1.50B
Research & development ----------------
Operating profit 350.98M394.97M137.05M450.50M428.70M335.28M270.74M236.04M
Pretax profit 360.72M405.43M139.52M451.51M397.41M326.19M298.19M229.62M
Tax 85.77M74.94M31.51M97.40M85.97M74.79M74.91M52.40M
Net profit 274.95M330.49M108.01M354.11M311.44M251.40M223.27M177.22M
Basic EPS 45255443
Diluted EPS 3.814.831.625.334.954.093.823.24

Balance sheet

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total current assets 1.77B1.88B1.86B2.11B2.14B2.01B2.01B1.97B
Cash & ST investments 700.63M687.68M791.95M894.55M430.96M764.50M815.48M790.79M
Inventory 521.83M605.97M556.53M645.38M1.03B746.29M690.52M689.46M
Total assets 2.37B2.93B2.84B3.07B3.05B2.94B2.98B2.93B
Total current liabilities 572.88M630.92M552.62M680.39M738.72M596.63M766.55M760.81M
Short-term debt --64.02M65.47M67.43M68.69M71.09M75.86M88.50M
Long-term debt ----------------
Total liabilities 678,408,000.001,082,144,000.001,003,800,000.001,077,876,000.001,115,757,000.001,000,403,000.001,195,226,000.001,218,350,000.00
Total equity 1.69B1.85B1.83B1.99B1.94B1.94B1.78B1.71B
Retained earnings 1.68B1.85B1.81B1.99B1.95B1.98B1.84B1.78B

Cash flow

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating cash flow 289.57M285.45M276.08M354.41M-25.24M636.30M491.04M282.90M
Depreciation & amortization 58.23M121.73M146.60M115.57M54.75M58.06M55.94M56.84M
Free cash flow 223.95M161.94M247.32M319.66M-83.71M581.69M431.24M216.74M
Dividends paid -62.66M-65.13M-17.20M-68.62M-75.08M-73.44M-69.73M-65.53M
Stock buybacks / issuance -201.60M-121.70M-132.89M-165.42M-287.44M-184.02M-317.76M-201.10M
Ending cash balance 451.80M686.01M790.73M763.40M430.24M350.32M531.87M442.03M

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ROE % 16.2818.765.8718.5315.8712.9812.0110.16
ROA % 11.7112.473.7512.0010.188.397.556.00
ROIC % 15.8214.734.7515.2613.1910.338.857.40
5-year avg ROE % 11.8313.4612.0913.2115.0614.4013.0513.91
EBIT margin % 12.8713.335.4814.4112.389.618.046.95
FCF / sales % 7.995.329.8910.22--16.6812.806.38
Current ratio 3.082.973.363.112.893.382.622.59
Quick ratio 2.011.862.252.031.321.991.611.57
Debt / assets 0.0014.8614.7612.5612.4313.8815.1016.31
LT debt / equity --20.0919.2715.9716.0517.3720.9722.76
Interest coverage ----------------
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % 6.408.580.483.724.4211.712.52-0.65
Net income CAGR (3Y) % 15.4519.870.919.70-1.9632.52-14.25-17.13
FCF CAGR (3Y) % 107.17-10.41-4.9212.59--32.9910.49--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Single-engine
  • Apparel, accessories and equipment is the largest reported line at 79.98% of revenue, across 2 reported segments.
  • The next-largest line, Footwear, is a distant second at 20.02% - a sharp slowdown here would have little to offset it.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Apparel, accessories and equipment79.98%
Footwear20.02%

Quote time 2026-10-07 19:54:59 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.