COLM vs LEVI vs BRIA Stock Comparison

Columbia Sportswear, Levi Strauss and BrilliA Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COLM Columbia Sportswear Co
$60.82 +5.6% 1M +13.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.11B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.41B
Div. yield
1.97%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co
$21.87 +10.8% 1M +5.3% 1Y
Market cap
$8.44B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.68B
Div. yield
2.74%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
7 wins
BRIA BrilliA Inc
$1.40 -6.7% 1M -26.7% 1Y
Market cap
$35.00M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Levi Strauss leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Levi Strauss 7, Columbia Sportswear 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOLMLEVIBRIALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.11B $8.44B $35.00M LEVI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.1x 14.3x -2,258x LEVI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.4x 14.7x 20.0x COLM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.1% +6.6% — LEVI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.0% 8.8% — LEVI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 17.4% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.97% 2.74% 0.00% LEVI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.4% +5.3% -26.7% COLM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.4%/yr -3.3%/yr — LEVI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.1% 33.2% 66.6% LEVI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 71/100 — COLM

Percentile Scorecard

COLMLEVIBRIA

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

AxisCOLMLEVIBRIA
Valuation 91 #3 of 22 71 #7 of 22 43 #13 of 22
Growth 39 #12 of 19 83 #4 of 19 –
Profitability 65 #7 of 18 77 #5 of 18 –
Financial Health 85 #5 of 28 52 #14 of 28 70 #9 of 28
Shareholder Returns 82 #3 of 12 73 #4 of 12 –
Overall 72 71 –
  • COLM ranked among 28 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • LEVI ranked among 28 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • BRIA ranked among 28 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCOLMLEVIBRIASPY
1 month +5.6%+10.8%-6.7% -0.8%
3 months -4.2%-14.3%+8.5% +3.5%
6 months -0.4%-4.2%-17.6% +7.0%
Year to date +10.4%+5.4%-11.9% +12.2%
1 year +13.4%+5.3%-26.7% +13.0%
3 years -14.7%+60.0%— +86.3%
3 years, per year -5.2%+17.0%— +23.1%
5 years -39.0%-15.3%— +68.6%
5 years, per year -9.4%-3.3%— +11.0%
10 years +5.7%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.6%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCOLMLEVIBRIASPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.1%33.2%66.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.0%29.9%76.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.631.170.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.370.16-0.40 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-56.1%-74.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.3%-14.3%-38.3% -1.8%
52-week high $67.79$25.53$2.27 $779.14
52-week low $49.63$17.91$1.10 $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.

MultipleCOLMLEVIBRIA
P/E now vs peer median 15.1xmedian 15.1x 14.3xmedian 15.1x -2,258xmedian 15.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 1.3xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 8.5x 8.9xmedian 8.5x —median 8.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 13.1x 13.1xmedian 13.1x 209.6xmedian 13.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.1x 3.5xmedian 2.1x 2.4xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -2.87median 0.49 0.47median 0.49 —median 0.49

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 monthsCOLMLEVIBRIA
Revenue $3.41B $6.68B –
Gross profit $1.78B $4.20B –
Operating income $257.00M $753.80M –
Net income $206.03M $589.70M –
Free cash flow $321.30M $643.00M –
EPS (diluted) $4.02 $1.51 –
Cash & equivalents $532.31M $641.40M $5.14M
Total debt – $1.04B –
Shares (diluted) 51.26M 390.62M 25.00M
Enterprise value $926.78M $5.03B $4.89M

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
MetricCOLMLEVIBRIA
P/E 15.1x 14.3x -2,258x
P/FCF 9.7x 13.1x 209.6x
P/Operating cash flow 8.1x 9.9x –
P/S 0.9x 1.3x 0.7x
P/B 1.9x 3.5x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 3.8x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 7.9x 8.9x –
EV/EBIT 9.7x 11.6x –
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.3x –
EV/FCF 7.7x 13.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 6.5x 10.2x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.87 0.47 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOLMLEVIBRIA
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.1% 6.6% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.5% 2.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.2% 8.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.3% 6.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -5.8% 11.6% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -10.9% 30.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) -8.3% -2.2% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -11.0% 29.2% –
EPS growth (1Y) -2.1% 0.1% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.3% 30.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.0% 52.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 58.0% 63.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.9% 98.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 92.8% 92.1% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOLMLEVIBRIA
Gross margin 52.2% 62.8% –
EBITDA margin 9.2% 14.6% –
Operating margin 7.5% 11.3% –
Pretax margin 8.1% 11.5% –
Net margin 6.0% 8.8% –
FCF margin 9.4% 9.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 11.2% 12.8% –
Return on equity 12.9% 25.2% –
Return on assets 7.7% 8.7% –
Return on invested capital – 17.4% –
Return on capital employed 13.3% 15.7% –
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.0x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOLMLEVIBRIA
Debt / assets – 15.1% –
Debt / equity – 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x –
Debt / FCF – 1.6x –
Liabilities / assets 42.8% 65.1% 46.1%
Equity / assets 57.2% 34.9% 53.9%
Interest coverage – 14.4x –
Current ratio 2.5x 1.6x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.8x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.39 3.06 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOLMLEVIBRIA
Dividend yield 2.0% 2.7% –
Net buyback yield 7.0% 1.0% –
Shareholder yield 8.9% 3.7% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusCOLMLEVIBRIA
Forward P/E 14.4xFY2026 14.7xFY2026 20.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.21FY2026 $1.49FY2026 $0.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.1%FY2026 +11.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -3.8% +7.4% +128.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.31BFY2026 $7.03BFY2026 $57.06MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.8%FY2026 +12.0%FY2026 +16.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.8% -3.6% +34.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOLMLEVIBRIA
Held by institutions 51.1% 87.8% –
Institutions holding 323 313 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +2.6% –
Institutions buying 161 185 –
Institutions selling 111 78 –
Buyers to sellers 1.45 2.37 –

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.

COLMLEVIBRIA
COLM 1.00 0.55 0.04
LEVI 0.55 1.00 0.07
BRIA 0.04 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COLM, LEVI and BRIA?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) $3.11B, Levi Strauss (LEVI) $8.44B, BrilliA (BRIA) $35.00M.

Which stock is cheaper, COLM, LEVI and BRIA?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 15.1x, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 14.3x, BrilliA (BRIA) -2,258x). On next year's consensus earnings, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) is cheapest (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 14.4x, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 14.7x, BrilliA (BRIA) 20.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -0.1%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) +6.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) has the highest net margin (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 6.0%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 8.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Columbia Sportswear (COLM) returned the most: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) +13.4%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) +5.3%, BrilliA (BRIA) -26.7%. Over five years, Levi Strauss (LEVI) compounded fastest (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -9.4%/yr, Levi Strauss (LEVI) -3.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) has the highest dividend yield: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 1.97%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 2.74%, BrilliA (BRIA) 0.00%. BrilliA (BRIA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Levi Strauss (LEVI) has been the steadiest (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 36.1%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 33.2%, BrilliA (BRIA) 66.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COLM, LEVI and BRIA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Levi Strauss (LEVI) leads on 7. 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.