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) Return on equity

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Columbia Sportswear Company's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 10.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.87% (fiscal 2020) to 18.7% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is in line with the Apparel Manufacturing industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 10.2% (1.85)
FY2024 12.0% (0.97)
FY2023 13.0% (2.89)
FY2022 15.9% (2.66)
FY2021 18.5% 12.66
FY2020 5.87% (12.80)
FY2019 18.7% 2.62
FY2018 16.1% 9.55
FY2017 6.50% (6.30)
FY2016 12.8% 0.22

Against its own ten years

Low 5.87% High 18.7%
Ten-year median 12.8%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc. compare 36.9%
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co. compare 25.8%
VFC V.F. Corporation compare 21.1%
FIGS FIGS, Inc. compare 16.8%
COLM Columbia Sportswear Company 0.00%
ZGN Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. compare 0.00%
PVH PVH Corp. compare −3.50%
UA Under Armour, Inc. compare −29.8%
UAA Under Armour, Inc. compare −29.8%
Apparel Manufacturing industry median 0.00%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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