Columbia Sportswear Company
Rank #50Op. LeverageCOLM · Nasdaq · Consumer Cyclical
Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) — Rank #50 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.61) · ROE 11.1% · Piotroski F-Score 5 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001050797 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, marketing, and distribution of outdoor, active, and lifestyle products in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada.
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It provides apparel, accessories, and equipment for hiking, trail running, snow, fishing, hunting, and outdoor activities. The company also offers footwear products that include hiking boots; trail running shoes; rugged cold weather boots; sandals and shoes for use in water activities; and footwear for lifestyle wear. It serves its products through wholesale distribution channel comprising small independently operated specialty outdoor and sporting goods stores, sporting goods chains, department store chains, internet retailers, and international distributors, as well as through direct-to-consumer distribution channel, including a network of branded, outlet, temporary clearance and employee retail stores, brand-specific e-commerce sites, and shop-in-shop retail locations. It sells its products under the Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, PRANA, and SOREL brands.
Columbia Sportswear Company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
- Industry
- Apparel Manufacturing
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- State
- OR
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- columbia.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
$2.89B
P/E (annual)
17.4
P/S (annual)
0.8
P/B
1.8
P/OCF (annual)
10.2
Shareholder Yield
24.5%
Employees
9,620
Industry
Apparel Manufacturing
Exchange
Nasdaq
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 2/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
What Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
3.1%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Buyback tailwind: -22.2% — per-share value needs a total required return of -19.1% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 12.6%
within its own historyCost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
-1.0%
r = 10% (base)
3.1%
r = 12%
6.6%
Net debt / market cap: -20.2%
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
Earnings bubble check
Current margins may be above sustainable levels — a P/E based on peak earnings can overstate cheapness.
Operating margin expansion and free cash flow are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.61
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
Return on equity
11.1%
Gross margin
50.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)
21.2%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| Revenue vs COGS | ||||
| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
—
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
6.3%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
—
FCF CAGR (3Y)
—
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.75
Current ratio
2.49×
Quick ratio
1.20×
Net cash
$624.60M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$216.74M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
0.22
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.7%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
2.8 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
5 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).