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Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 4.35 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 1.92 |
| Profit Margin | 6.42% |
| Operating Margin | 7.66 |
| Return on Assets | 0.06 |
| Return on Equity | 0.12 |
| Revenue | 3.3B |
| Earnings Per Share | 3.57 |
| Revenue Per Share | 56.26 |
| Gross Profit | 1,666,727,040 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | -0.06 |
General
| Name | Columbia Sportswear Co |
| Ticker | COLM |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Industry | Apparel Manufacturing |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 10,070 |
About Columbia Sportswear Co
Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, 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 for hiking, trail running, snow, fishing, hunting, mountaineering, climbing, skiing and snowboarding, trail, and outdoor activities. It offers footwear products that include lightweight hiking boot; trail running shoes; rugged cold weather boots; sandals and shoes for use in water activities; and footwear for lifestyle wear. In addition, it owned network of branded and outlet retail stores; brand-specific e-commerce sites; and concession or franchise-based arrangements with third parties at branded outlet and shop-in-shop retail locations, as well as through independently operated specialty outdoor and sporting goods stores, sporting goods chains, department store chains, internet retailers, and international distributors. The company sells its products under the Columbia, Mountain Hard Wear, SOREL, and prAna brand names. Columbia Sportswear Company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Dividend
Columbia Sportswear Co pays out a dividend of $1.29 per share, with a dividend yield of 1.50%.
COLM's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on December 4, 2024.
They pay out 29.32% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Dec 4, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Aug 29, 2024 | $0.30 |
| May 30, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | $0.30 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | $0.30 |
| Jun 1, 2023 | $0.30 |
| Mar 21, 2023 | $0.30 |
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