Growth Metrics

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 16 consecutive years, with -$106.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 19.0% to -$106.5 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$12.2 million through Dec 2025, up 68.74% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$12.2 million for FY2025, 68.74% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory hit -$106.5 million in Q4 2025 for Columbia Sportswear, up from -$123.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $289.7 million in Q2 2025 to a low of -$270.7 million in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Change in Inventory has averaged $8.2 million across 5 years, with a median of -$57.4 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: soared 402.46% in 2021 and later tumbled 343.91% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Change in Inventory stood at -$73.5 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 41.03% to -$43.3 million in 2022, then crashed by 242.41% to -$148.4 million in 2023, then soared by 39.72% to -$89.5 million in 2024, then decreased by 19.0% to -$106.5 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Inventory for COLM at -$106.5 million in Q4 2025, -$123.9 million in Q3 2025, and $289.7 million in Q2 2025.