Columbia Sportswear Company

COLM Consumer Cyclical Apparel Manufacturing

Columbia Sportswear Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.4 billion, up 0.85% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+2.03%
EPS
+75.5%
Free cash flow
−15.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

69.12 1.81 −2.55%
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
15.1×
Fwd P/E
14.1×
Dividend yield
1.74%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.22
Beneish M
−2.69
Dividend safety
90/100

Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) Operating margin

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Columbia Sportswear Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.73%, up 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.09%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.48% (fiscal 2020) to 14.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Apparel Manufacturing industry median of 2.46% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 6.09% (1.95)
FY2024 8.04% (0.86)
FY2023 8.90% (2.45)
FY2022 11.4% (3.06)
FY2021 14.4% 8.93
FY2020 5.48% (7.50)
FY2019 13.0% 0.46
FY2018 12.5% 1.86
FY2017 10.7% (0.13)
FY2016 10.8% 0.05

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.4% 6.36
Jun 2026 5.03% (0.36)
Mar 2026 5.39% (5.52)
Dec 2025 10.9% 3.77
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Against its own ten years

Low 5.48% High 14.4%
Ten-year median 10.7%
Current reading's percentile 35

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co. compare 11.3%
FIGS FIGS, Inc. compare 10.8%
COLM Columbia Sportswear Company 8.73%
VFC V.F. Corporation compare 6.76%
PVH PVH Corp. compare 4.07%
ZGN Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. compare 0.00%
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc. compare 0.00%
UA Under Armour, Inc. compare −2.43%
UAA Under Armour, Inc. compare −2.43%
Apparel Manufacturing industry median 2.46%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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