Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM): Price and Financial Metrics

COLM POWR Grades

• COLM scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 96.26% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for COLM is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• COLM's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 44.12% of US stocks).

COLM Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of Columbia Sportswear Co's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 97.07% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Over the past twelve months, COLM has reported earnings growth of 223.61%, putting it ahead of 90.88% of US stocks in our set.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, COLM is more volatile than only 10.51% of stocks we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Columbia Sportswear Co, a group of peers worth examining would be SIGI, UFPI, KFY, UAA, and WSFS.
• Visit COLM's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.columbia.com.

COLM Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, COLM's price/sales ratio is 71.43% higher, now standing at 2.4.
• COLM's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.5 over the prior 243 months.
• COLM's price/earnings ratio has moved up 8 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for COLM.

COLM Growth Metrics

Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 56.07%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 0.1%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 56.07%.

COLM's revenue has moved up $718,888,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows COLM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	3,126.402	354.406	354.108
2021-09-30	2,912.305	458.399	292.903
2021-06-30	2,808.691	430.515	255.091
2021-03-31	2,558.932	374.222	163.7
2020-12-31	2,501.554	276.077	108.013
2020-09-30	2,540.798	285.651	126.282

COLM's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• COLM has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 91.2% of graded US stocks.
• COLM's asset turnover comes in at 1.008 -- ranking 15th of 32 Apparel stocks.
• RL, SHOO, and LEVI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with COLM.

The table below shows COLM's key quality metrics over time.