Columbia Sportswear (COLM)
What the price implies
A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.
At a market value of $2.9B, Columbia Sportswear's free cash flow of $217M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -0% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.
Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Columbia Sportswear's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.
Fundamental grade
Five factors scored 1 to 9 from COLM's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.
Key numbers
Results from SEC filings
Fiscal years, from Columbia Sportswear's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.1B | $3.5B | $3.5B | $3.4B | $3.4B |
| Net income | $354M | $311M | $251M | $223M | $177M |
| Free cash flow | $320M | -$84M | $582M | $431M | $217M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.33 | $4.95 | $4.09 | $3.82 | $3.24 |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 11.3% | 8.9% | 8.0% | 6.1% |
Where the revenue comes from
Revenue by segments, fiscal 2023. Every breakdown, year by year.
Superinvestors who own COLM
From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.
| Investor | Last quarter | Value | % of portfolio | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Asness AQR Capital Management |
Added | $114M | 0.04% | Q2 2026 |
| Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management |
Trimmed | $19M | 0.04% | Q2 2026 |
| Will Nasgovitz Heartland Advisors |
Added | $15M | 0.69% | Q2 2026 |
Insider buying
Open-market purchases by Columbia Sportswear's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.
| Date | Insider | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2025 | Peter J Bragdon |
300 | $54.40 | $16,320 |
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In the full deep dive
Questions
What growth does Columbia Sportswear's stock price imply?
At a market value of $2.9B, Columbia Sportswear would need its free cash flow to grow about -0% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -0% a year.
Are Columbia Sportswear insiders buying the stock?
1 open-market insider purchase of COLM in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.
Which superinvestors own Columbia Sportswear?
3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold COLM in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Will Nasgovitz.
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Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.