“As of June 30, 2026, our inventory balance increased to $874.8 million, compared to $689.5 million as of December 31, 2025, primarily reflecting the alignment of inventory supply with anticipated seasonal demand.”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Columbia Sportswear Company
COLM
Market read
Columbia Sportswear Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 1.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- The latest three-month margin expansion included an approximate 980-basis-point benefit from recovering previously paid IEEPA tariffs.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if COLM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 1.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
- Operating cash flow moved from negative to positive in the comparable period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- The latest three-month margin expansion included an approximate 980-basis-point benefit from recovering previously paid IEEPA tariffs.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Operating margin changed -1.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -1.4 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Tariffs and trade policy has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
56.45Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Cash Flow Activities Cash flows are summarized in the following table: Six Months Ended June 30, (in thousands) 2026 2025 Change Net cash provided by (used in): Operating activities $ 37,457 $ (62,886) $ 100,343 Investing activities 237,275 110,582 126,693 Fi…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“Canada segment gross margin expanded to 49.8% for the second quarter of 2026 from 48.1% for the comparable period in 2025, driven primarily by favorable channel mix with a higher portion of DTC net sales, which generally carry higher gross margins than wholes…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“The growth in Korea was led by the wholesale business, which we believe was attributable to the execution of our marketplace strategies and resilient outdoor category trends, despite a weakening macroeconomic environment, as compared to the same period in 202…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 0.9× · EV/sales 0.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for COLM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-07.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- -14.1%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +1.9%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +0.8%
- FCF margin change
- +7.6 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 1.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
- Operating cash flow moved from negative to positive in the comparable period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“SG&A expenses are summarized in the following table: Three Months Ended June 30, (in thousands, except for percentages and basis points) 2026 2025 Change Selling, general and administrative expenses $ 332,191 $ 325,628 $ 6,563 2 % Selling, general and administrative expenses as percent of net sales 54.1 % 53.8 % 30 bps SG&A expenses increased primarily due to the following factors: • higher omni-channel expenses of $11.5 million, reflecting higher DTC B&M expenses, including impairment charges related to underperforming retail stores, as well as the impact of new stores globally; partially offset by • lower expenses in targeted areas of the business resulting from our Profit Improvement Pro...”
“SG&A expenses are summarized in the following table: Six Months Ended June 30, (in thousands, except for percentages and basis points) 2026 2025 Change Selling, general and administrative expenses $ 689,328 $ 680,099 $ 9,229 1 % Selling, general and administrative expenses as percent of net sales 49.5 % 49.2 % 30 bps SG&A expenses increased primarily due to the following factors: • higher omni-channel expenses of $18.6 million, reflecting higher DTC B&M expenses associated with new stores globally, the impact of variable expenses, and impairment charges related to underperforming retail stores; partially offset by • lower expenses in targeted areas of the business resulting from our Profit...”
“Cash Flow Activities Cash flows are summarized in the following table: Six Months Ended June 30, (in thousands) 2026 2025 Change Net cash provided by (used in): Operating activities $ 37,457 $ (62,886) $ 100,343 Investing activities 237,275 110,582 126,693 Financing activities (183,700) (165,262) (18,438) Net effect of exchange rate changes on cash (755) 13,501 (14,256) Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents $ 90,277 $ (104,065) $ 194,342 The change in cash flows provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily driven by the recovery of approximately $78 million of IEEPA tariffs previously paid, as compared to the same period in 2025 .”
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Business ecosystem
The relationships behind COLM
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
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“We face intense competition for these individuals worldwide, and there is a significant concentration of well-funded apparel and footwear competitors near our headquarters in Portland, Oregon.”
Depended on by
ASOAcademy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.competitorMar 17, 2026 ▾
“We have preferred access to hundred s of well-recognized national brands, such as Nike, including its Jordan Brand , Under Armour, adidas, Win chester, Columbia Sportswear, The North Face, Brooks, Skechers, Yeti, Stanley and Carhartt, which are critical to ou…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
COLM is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Economic Cyclicals. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for COLM; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.