Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Manufacturers
Columbia Sportswear Company COLM
$57.27 -0.73% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.93B
High qualityInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +94.8%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The shares trade at 14.9× trailing earnings, lower than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 34%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 34%
- Gross marginTop 20%
- Operating marginTop 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 13%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 33%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 29%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 39%
- 6-month returnTop 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 34%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 12%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 20%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 23%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 13%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.6% | -0.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -19.7% | -1.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 50.3% | 52.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 7.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 7.5% | 9.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.2% | 0.6% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.8% | -19.7% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| Gross margin | 52.0% | 50.3% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 7.6% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 6.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.4% | 7.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | — | Top 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.7% | — | Bottom 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.86×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.21×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.17%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.48%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.64%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +94.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $64.75
- Target vs current price
- +13.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 32%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +233.2% | -1.2% | -10.0% | -8.5% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +85.7% | +1.6% | +5.8% | +13.0% | +5.8% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +41.8% | +3.7% | +13.6% | +8.8% | +8.4% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +18.5% | -0.9% | +0.7% | +3.9% | +4.2% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +32.1% | -3.1% | -11.2% | -5.5% | -6.6% |
| May 1, 2025 | +10.3% | +0.2% | +4.0% | +3.8% | -2.9% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | -3.2% | +0.8% | -8.4% | -2.3% | -27.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +14.7% | +0.1% | +9.2% | +14.2% | +17.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.52 | -$0.39 | +233.2% | $614.4M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.65 | $0.35 | +85.7% | $779.0M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $1.73 | $1.22 | +41.8% | $1.07B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.41 | $1.19 | +18.5% | $943.4M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -$0.19 | -$0.28 | +32.1% | $605.2M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.75 | $0.68 | +10.3% | $778.5M |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.86 | -3.2% | $1.10B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.56 | $1.36 | +14.7% | $931.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.9× | 17.3× | 19th | Top 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.6× | — | — | Top 23% |
| EV / Sales | 0.84× | — | — | Top 33% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.97% | — | — | Top 22% |
| Earnings yield | 6.72% | — | — | Top 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.0× – 26.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +8.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -1.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +14.5%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.6%
- RSI (14)
- 47.5
- Relative volume
- 0.70×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 44th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.64
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2021 | Oct 10, 2025 | -56.9% | 1122 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -24.3% | 6 days | 66 days (Feb 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.93B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.85
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.41B
- Dividend yield
- 2.10%
- 52-week range
- $47.47 – $69.06
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.13B | $3.46B | $3.49B | $3.37B | $3.40B |
| Gross profit | $1.61B | $1.71B | $1.73B | $1.69B | $1.71B |
| Operating income | $450.5M | $393.1M | $310.3M | $270.7M | $204.1M |
| Net income | $354.1M | $311.4M | $251.4M | $223.3M | $177.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.33 | $4.95 | $4.09 | $3.82 | $3.24 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $931.8M | $1.10B | $778.9M | $605.3M | $943.2M | $1.07B | $779.0M | $614.4M |
| Net income | $90.2M | $102.6M | $42.2M | -$10.2M | $52.0M | $93.2M | $34.3M | $26.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.56 | $1.80 | $0.75 | -$0.19 | $0.95 | $1.73 | $0.65 | $0.52 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $354.4M | -$25.2M | $636.3M | $491.0M | $282.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$34.7M | -$58.5M | -$54.6M | -$59.8M | -$66.2M |
| Free cash flow | $319.7M | -$83.7M | $581.7M | $431.2M | $216.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$68.6M | -$75.1M | -$73.4M | -$69.7M | -$65.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$165.4M | -$287.4M | -$184.0M | -$317.8M | -$195.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $624.6M
- Total assets
- $2.80B
- Total liabilities
- $1.20B
- Total debt
- $461.2M
- Net debt
- -$71.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.60B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.30 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.30 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.30 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.30 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.30 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| May 22, 2025 | $0.30 | Jun 5, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.30 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Nov 20, 2024 | $0.30 | Dec 4, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,361,519
- Days to cover
- 7.06
- Change vs previous report
- +1.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 29, 2014
- 2-for-1
- Jun 5, 2001
- 3-for-2