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NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods · CIK 0001050797
$59.51
-2.60% · delayed ~15 min
Last price from Oct 21, 2026
$3.29B market value
From COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO's FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 25, 2026 · read the filing
COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR makes clothing. It took in $3.40B last year, which makes it a mid-sized company. Of every dollar it sells, about 5 cents is left as profit.
The financial picture is led by debt, with profitability and growth worth watching.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Financial health
Generally healthy, with a few things to watch.
From COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO's FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Free cash flow
$431.2M → $216.7M
Operating income
$270.7M → $207.0M
Profit
$223.3M → $177.2M
Cash
$531.9M → $442.0M
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Feb 25, 2026
Deteriorated: -49.7%
$431.2M to $216.7MCritical
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
How the latest move compares (quote delayed ~15 min), and what was published around it
COLM fell 2.60% on the latest quote. The average Consumer Discretionary company tracked here moved +2.31%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 4.9 points below its sector and 1.6 points below the market.
Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 15 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 15 analysts publishing on this company, 4 say strong buy, 3 say buy, 7 say hold and 1 say sell. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
Yes. It keeps about 5 cents of every dollar of sales as profit, earning $177.2M last year.
Barely. Sales were roughly flat, up 0.9%.
It does not appear so. For every $1 it owes, it owns $2.40 in assets.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It pays out 37 cents of every dollar of profit and keeps the rest, which leaves the payment comfortably covered. It paid out 23% of the cash its operations generated. It has paid in each of the last 12 years.
GoodFigures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it earned $177.2M and generated $282.9M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Feb 25, 2026Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Feb 25, 2026Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Feb 25, 2026Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Feb 23, 2023Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Feb 24, 2022Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $3.40B | $3.37B | $3.49B | $3.46B | $3.13B | +0.9% |
| Cost of revenue | $1.68B | $1.68B | $1.76B | $1.75B | $1.51B | +0.2% |
| Gross profit | $1.72B | $1.69B | $1.73B | $1.71B | $1.61B | +1.5% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 50.5% | 50.2% | 49.6% | 49.4% | 51.6% | +0.3 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $1.50B | $1.44B | $1.42B | $1.30B | $1.18B | +4.1% |
| Operating income | $207.0M | $270.7M | $310.3M | $393.1M | $450.5M | −23.5% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 6.1% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 14.4% | −1.9 pts |
| Income before tax | $229.6M | $298.2M | $326.2M | $397.4M | $451.5M | −23.0% |
| Net income | $177.2M | $223.3M | $251.4M | $311.4M | $354.1M | −20.6% |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 5.2% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 9.0% | 11.3% | −1.4 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $3.20 | $3.73 | $4.04 | $4.83 | $5.33 | −14.2% |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
This company's latest filing beside its peers' stored scores
| Company | Health | F-Score | Revenue growth | Profit margin | P/E | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLMCOLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO · this page | 7.3/10 | 6/8 |
Insider activity, ownership stakes and what's coming — straight from EDGAR, before any article is written about it
Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Exercised stock options — 157 shares
Holds 29,003 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 53 shares at $57.69 ($3.1K)
Holds 28,950 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Quarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Operating margin +8.9 pts · Operating income turned positive · Profit turned positive — against Q2 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
The 42 subsidiaries named in its 10-K, incorporated across 25 places. A filer lists the significant ones and may leave the rest out, so this is the floor rather than the full count.
Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from COLM's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31, filed Feb 25, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 8 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.3 | 6/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 25, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 6.0 | 5/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 7.3 | 7/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 7.3 | 3/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 23, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 10.0 | 7/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2022 |
| FY2020 | 6.0 | 5/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 25, 2021 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
6 of 8 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's. One could not be evaluated and is excluded from the total rather than counted as a failure.
4.36
In the safe zone
For this model, above 2.99 is safe and below 1.81 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Deteriorated: -23.5%
$270.7M to $207.0MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: -20.6%
$223.3M to $177.2MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: -16.9%
$531.9M to $442.0MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: -7.4%
59.8M to 55.3MSignificant
Why it matters: The company bought back stock, so each remaining holding owns slightly more of it. Worth checking it was not funded by borrowing.
Deteriorated: −1.9 pts
8.0% to 6.1%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −1.4 pts
6.6% to 5.2%Notable
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: -14.2%
$3.73 to $3.20Notable
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Changed: -6.0%
$69.7M to $65.5MNotable
Why it matters: Cash handed to shareholders. A rise can be a higher dividend or simply more shares, and a cut is a decision the company explains in its own filing — neither is rated here.
Changed: +10.6%
$59.8M to $66.2MNotable
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 — read it.
Improved: turned positive
-$23.6M to $30.9MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: turned positive
-$10.2M to $26.6MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +9.3 pts
49.1% to 58.3%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +8.9 pts
-3.9% to 5.0%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: turned positive
-$0.19 to $0.52Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +20.6%
$297.1M to $358.4MSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +6.0 pts
-1.7% to 4.3%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +24.4%
$427.8M to $532.3MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: -6.5%
54.8M to 51.2MSignificant
Why it matters: The company bought back stock, so each remaining holding owns slightly more of it. Worth checking it was not funded by borrowing.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Improved: +66.7%
$319.3M to $532.3MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: -21.1%
$779.0M to $614.4MSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: -26.5%
$42.0M to $30.9MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: -22.6%
$34.3M to $26.6MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +7.6 pts
50.7% to 58.3%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: -22.7%
$0.67 to $0.52Significant
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: -9.2%
$395.0M to $358.4MNotable
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
3 other measures barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
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About 7.9% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
The trailing P/E is 32.1x — a high multiple relative to the current trailing profit.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
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| VFCV F CORP | 4.7/10 | 8/9 | 1.1% | 2.7% | 26.85x | 4.02x |
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| PVHPVH CORP. /DE/ | 7.0/10 | 5/9 | 3.4% | 0.3% | 152.57x | 1.44x |
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| Median of peers | 5.8/10 | — | 2.2% | 1.5% | 89.71x | 2.73x |
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Peers come from the company's industry classification. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.
Exercised stock options — 375 shares
Holds 17,604 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 377 shares
Holds 17,981 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 716 shares
Holds 18,697 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 478 shares at $56.81 ($27.2K)
Holds 18,219 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 368 shares
Holds 7,690 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 368 shares
Holds 8,058 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 580 shares
Holds 8,638 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 458 shares at $56.81 ($26.0K)
Holds 8,180 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 618 shares
Holds 27,747 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 617 shares
Holds 28,364 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 1,309 shares
Holds 29,673 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 827 shares at $56.81 ($47.0K)
Holds 28,846 shares after this filing.
Gifted shares — 1,756 shares
Holds 9,875,315 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 464 shares
Holds 27,285 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 156 shares at $58.65 ($9.1K)
Holds 27,129 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 319 shares
Holds 7,437 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 115 shares at $58.65 ($6.7K)
Holds 7,322 shares after this filing.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Had a director or senior officer leave or join · Held a shareholder vote
Quarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Profit margin −1.0 pts · Free cash flow $42.4M wider · Profit -18.8% — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Terminated a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2025
Operating margin −1.9 pts · Free cash flow -49.7% · Operating income -23.5% — against FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2025
Operating margin −4.9 pts · Operating income -40.1% · Profit -42.3% — against Q3 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2025
Revenue +6.1% · Cash +25.2% · Shares in issue -7.3% — against Q2 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingHeld a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2025
Free cash flow turned negative · Cash -22.7% · Shares in issue -6.8% — against Q1 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2024
Cash +51.8% · Free cash flow -25.9% · Operating income -12.7% — against FY2023
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingThe first 40 of 42. The rest are in the exhibit.
Source: Exhibit 21 of the 10-K filed 2026-02-25. These are legal entities, not brands or acquisitions — a company that bought a business may hold it inside an entity named here, or inside one small enough that the rule does not require naming it at all.
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