Columbia Sportswear Company

COLM

Apparel - Manufacturers · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$63.50

-0.83 (-1.29%)

Market Cap

$3.25B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−17.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 66.4M (2021) → 54.8M (2025)

Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, sources, markets, and distributes outdoor, active, and everyday lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada. The company provides apparel, accessories, and equipment that are used in various activities, such as skiing, snowboarding, hiking, climbing, mountaineering, camping, hunting, fishing, trail running, water spor

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-14.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

58.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~11 months

$319M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Columbia Sportswear Company has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

50.7%

Healthy — 50.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

4.9%

Thin — 4.9% operating margin

ROCE

1.8%

Weak — 1.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+0.6%

Nearly flat sales (0.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

-19.8%

Earnings shrinking (-19.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

140%

Turns 140% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

5.1%

Thin free cash flow (5.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.30

Conservative — low debt load (0.30)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

20.2x

Growth-priced — P/E 20.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+5.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (20.2 → 15.0)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.89%

Small dividend — 1.89% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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