Columbia Sportswear Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Columbia Sportswear Co had return on equity of 10.2%, an operating margin of 6.1%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.59. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Columbia Sportswear Co: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	42.1%	42.4%	43.4%	42.9%	44.1%	45.5%	46.1%	46.7%	47.0%	49.5%	49.8%	48.9%	51.6%	49.4%	49.6%	50.2%	50.5%	52.2%
Operating margin	7.1%	7.0%	8.1%	8.0%	7.8%	9.5%	10.7%	10.8%	10.7%	12.5%	13.0%	5.5%	14.4%	11.3%	8.9%	8.0%	6.1%	7.5%
Net margin	5.4%	5.2%	6.1%	6.0%	5.6%	6.5%	7.5%	8.1%	4.3%	9.6%	10.9%	4.3%	11.3%	9.0%	7.2%	6.6%	5.2%	6.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	14.6%	−0.4%	−0.9%	5.9%	12.2%	6.0%	1.1%	9.5%	11.7%	8.0%	5.3%	9.9%	10.2%	−2.4%	16.7%	12.8%	6.4%	9.4%
Return on equity	6.7%	7.7%	10.0%	8.9%	7.8%	10.6%	12.7%	13.0%	6.6%	16.3%	18.8%	5.9%	18.5%	15.9%	13.0%	12.0%	10.2%	12.4%
Return on assets	—	5.9%	7.7%	7.0%	6.2%	8.1%	9.6%	9.9%	4.9%	18.4%	18.6%	3.7%	12.0%	10.2%	8.4%	7.6%	6.0%	7.2%
Asset turnover	—	1.15	1.27	1.18	1.10	1.24	1.28	1.23	1.15	1.92	1.71	0.87	1.06	1.13	1.16	1.14	1.15	1.19
Current ratio	—	3.94	3.93	4.45	4.15	3.39	3.41	3.89	3.30	0.26	2.97	3.36	3.11	2.89	3.38	2.62	2.59	2.49
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Effective tax rate	25.4%	26.6%	24.8%	25.4%	28.8%	28.5%	27.3%	−22.8%	57.9%	23.8%	18.5%	22.6%	21.6%	21.6%	22.9%	25.1%	22.8%	25.1%
SG&A as % of revenue	35.7%	36.0%	36.3%	35.7%	37.1%	36.3%	35.8%	36.4%	36.9%	37.5%	37.3%	43.2%	37.8%	37.7%	40.6%	42.9%	44.2%	44.4%
Capital spending as % of revenue	2.7%	1.9%	4.6%	3.0%	4.1%	2.9%	3.0%	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	4.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.7%	1.6%	1.8%	1.9%	1.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	270.5%	−6.9%	−14.1%	98.3%	217.1%	91.5%	14.4%	117.3%	273.8%	83.5%	49.0%	229.0%	90.3%	−26.9%	231.4%	193.1%	122.3%	155.9%
Dividends ÷ net income	33.3%	97.9%	28.1%	29.8%	33.2%	29.0%	25.0%	25.1%	48.4%	23.4%	19.7%	15.9%	19.4%	24.1%	29.2%	31.2%	37.0%	30.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	16.4%	—	—	30.5%	15.3%	43.7%	451.1%	21.4%	30.0%	118.0%	115.4%	60.7%	73.2%	—	44.3%	89.9%	123.0%	88.0%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Columbia Sportswear Co: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Gross margin	50.2%	51.1%	50.9%	49.1%	50.0%	51.6%	50.7%	58.3%
Operating margin	12.1%	12.5%	6.0%	−3.9%	7.1%	10.9%	5.4%	5.0%
Net margin	9.7%	9.4%	5.4%	−1.7%	5.5%	8.7%	4.4%	4.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	−21.4%	50.1%	−6.1%	−7.5%	−30.4%	55.8%	−11.6%	16.5%
Current ratio	3.22	2.62	3.12	2.49	2.95	2.59	3.07	2.49
SG&A as % of revenue	38.8%	39.3%	45.5%	53.8%	40.4%	41.3%	45.8%	54.1%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $2.8bn

Short-term assets $1.9bnLonger-term assets $932m

What it owes, and who funded it · $2.8bn

Short-term liabilities $749mLonger-term liabilities $448mShareholders' equity $1.6bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.9bn of assets due within a year against $749m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.9bn short-term assets against $448m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Columbia Sportswear Co's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

71 /100

Strong moat

How hard Columbia Sportswear's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 13 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 10.6% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 17 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 49.8%, moving by 1.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 12 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 10.4%; its worst year was 7.5%.
Cash conversion 14 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 8.1% of revenue.
Discipline 20 / 20

The diluted share count fell 20.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (76 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Columbia Sportswear Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Columbia Sportswear Co.