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
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Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) Return on invested capital
Columbia Sportswear Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.3%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.23% (fiscal 2020) to 25.7% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Apparel Manufacturing industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 14.1% | (3.46) |
| FY2024 | 17.5% | 1.02 |
| FY2023 | 16.5% | 0.19 |
| FY2022 | 16.3% | (9.39) |
| FY2021 | 25.7% | 17.49 |
| FY2020 | 8.23% | (13.02) |
| FY2019 | 21.3% | (1.23) |
| FY2018 | 22.5% | 3.89 |
| FY2017 | 18.6% | 3.23 |
| FY2016 | 15.4% | 0.64 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| FIGS FIGS, Inc. compare | 41.9% |
| LEVI Levi Strauss & Co. compare | 17.6% |
| COLM Columbia Sportswear Company | 13.3% |
| VFC V.F. Corporation compare | 7.74% |
| PVH PVH Corp. compare | 3.74% |
| ZGN Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. compare | 0.00% |
| KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| UA Under Armour, Inc. compare | −4.61% |
| UAA Under Armour, Inc. compare | −4.61% |
| Apparel Manufacturing industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.42% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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