CODI vs COLM vs HELE Stock Comparison

Compass Diversified Holdings, Columbia Sportswear and Helen Of Troy Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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COLM Columbia Sportswear Co
$61.17 +6.2% 1M +11.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.11B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.41B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$29.20 +2.0% 1M +45.7% 1Y
Market cap
$686.15M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Columbia Sportswear leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Columbia Sportswear 5, Helen Of Troy 4, Compass Diversified Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCODICOLMHELELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $807.28M $3.11B $686.15M COLM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.6x 15.1x -6.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 215.2x 14.5x 7.8x HELE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.9% -0.1% +0.3% CODI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -12.3% 6.0% -5.4% COLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.2% — 1.6% HELE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 12.1x — 8.3x HELE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +44.4% +11.4% +45.7% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -18.3%/yr -9.8%/yr -33.4%/yr COLM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 65.3% 36.0% 54.0% COLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 20/100 69/100 44/100 COLM

Percentile Scorecard

CODICOLMHELE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCODICOLMHELE
Valuation 25 #34 of 45 80 #10 of 45 78 #10 of 42
Growth 38 #27 of 43 31 #30 of 43 39 #26 of 42
Profitability 10 #37 of 41 70 #13 of 41 49 #21 of 40
Financial Health 18 #43 of 52 78 #12 of 52 30 #31 of 44
Shareholder Returns 9 #31 of 34 85 #6 of 34 22 #22 of 28
Overall 20 69 44
  • CODI ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • COLM ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • HELE ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCODICOLMHELESPY
1 month -4.3%+6.2%+2.0% -0.2%
3 months +4.3%-5.1%+1.2% +3.9%
6 months -8.8%+0.1%+24.5% +8.2%
Year to date +124.2%+11.0%+37.4% +12.9%
1 year +44.4%+11.4%+45.7% +12.3%
3 years -37.2%-14.3%-69.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -14.4%-5.0%-32.9% +23.3%
5 years -63.5%-40.2%-86.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year -18.3%-9.8%-33.4% +10.9%
10 years -41.8%+8.9%-62.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year -5.3%+0.9%-9.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCODICOLMHELESPY
Volatility, 1Y 65.3%36.0%54.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.0%31.0%48.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.230.630.97 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.680.320.85 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.8%-54.0%-94.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.3%-9.8%-3.4% -1.2%
52-week high $12.71$67.79$30.22 $779.14
52-week low $4.65$49.63$13.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCODICOLMHELE
P/E now vs peer median -3.6xmedian 16.4x 15.2xmedian 16.4x -6.9xmedian 16.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.7x 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.4xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.6xmedian 9.9x 8.0xmedian 9.9x 17.0xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 80.1xmedian 12.0x 9.7xmedian 12.0x 4.6xmedian 11.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.2x 2.0xmedian 2.2x 0.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 0.64 -2.89median 0.64 0.17median 0.64

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCODICOLMHELE
Revenue $1.85B $3.41B $1.83B
Gross profit $807.72M $1.78B $864.98M
Operating income $5.74M $257.00M $23.94M
Net income -$227.18M $206.03M -$99.23M
Free cash flow $10.11M $321.30M $147.21M
EPS (diluted) $-3.02 $4.02 $-4.11
Cash & equivalents $60.75M $532.31M $22.58M
Total debt $1.86B – $3.17B
Shares (diluted) 75.24M 51.26M 24.15M
Enterprise value $543.62M $926.92M $595.87M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCODICOLMHELE
P/E -3.6x 15.2x -6.9x
P/FCF 80.1x 9.7x 4.6x
P/Operating cash flow 17.4x 8.2x 3.8x
P/S 0.4x 0.9x 0.4x
P/B 1.5x 2.0x 0.8x
P/Tangible book -2.6x 2.0x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 17.6x 8.0x 17.0x
EV/EBIT 454.6x 9.8x 55.6x
EV/Revenue 1.4x 0.7x 0.7x
EV/FCF 258.1x 7.8x 9.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 56.2x 6.5x 7.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 -2.89 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCODICOLMHELE
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.9% -0.1% 0.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.6% -1.5% -3.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.7% 3.2% 0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.8% 0.3% -1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 744.0% -5.8% 103.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -44.2% -10.9% -52.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -12.2% -8.3% 84.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -158.2% -11.0% -39.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -24.4% -2.1% 85.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -126.8% -5.3% -39.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 129.4% 20.0% 97.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 46.5% 58.0% -25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 104.6% 24.9% 192.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 92.8% -25.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCODICOLMHELE
Gross margin 43.7% 52.2% 47.4%
EBITDA margin 8.0% 9.2% 4.3%
Operating margin 0.3% 7.5% 1.3%
Pretax margin -14.8% 8.1% -1.5%
Net margin -12.3% 6.0% -5.4%
FCF margin 0.5% 9.4% 8.1%
Operating cash flow margin 2.5% 11.2% 9.8%
Return on equity -49.8% 12.9% -11.7%
Return on assets -9.2% 7.7% -4.8%
Return on invested capital 0.2% – 1.6%
Return on capital employed 0.2% 13.3% 1.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.3x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x 1.9x -1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCODICOLMHELE
Debt / assets 62.8% – 32.1%
Debt / equity 3.5x – 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 12.1x – 8.3x
Debt / FCF 184.0x – 4.6x
Liabilities / assets 82.1% 42.8% 59.3%
Equity / assets 17.9% 57.2% 40.7%
Interest coverage – – 0.5x
Current ratio 2.7x 2.5x 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.2x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.8x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 0.42 4.40 1.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCODICOLMHELE
Dividend yield 0.0% 2.0% –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 6.9% -0.1%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 8.9% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) -8.3% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 186.0% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -75.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -35.9% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCODICOLMHELE
Forward P/E 215.2xFY2026 14.5xFY2026 7.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.05FY2026 $4.21FY2026 $3.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -28.6%FY2026 +14.1%FY2026 +5.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1,200.0% -3.8% +13.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.78BFY2026 $3.31BFY2026 $1.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.7%FY2026 -2.8%FY2026 -1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.1% +14.8% -2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCODICOLMHELE
Held by institutions 74.8% 51.1% 96.3%
Institutions holding 181 323 198
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.7% +1.8% +5.7%
Institutions buying 86 161 120
Institutions selling 62 111 46
Buyers to sellers 1.39 1.45 2.61

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CODICOLMHELE
CODI 1.00 0.21 0.17
COLM 0.21 1.00 0.43
HELE 0.17 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CODI, COLM and HELE?

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) $807.28M, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) $3.11B, Helen Of Troy (HELE) $686.15M.

Which company is growing faster?

Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) +0.9%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -0.1%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has the highest net margin (Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) -12.3%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 6.0%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%). On return on invested capital, Helen Of Troy (HELE) leads (Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) 0.2%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) +44.4%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) +11.4%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +45.7%. Over five years, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) compounded fastest (Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) -18.3%/yr, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -9.8%/yr, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -33.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) 0.02%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 0.00%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 0.00%. Columbia Sportswear (COLM) and Helen Of Troy (HELE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has been the steadiest (Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) 65.3%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 36.0%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CODI, COLM and HELE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.