Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Columbia Sportswear's (COLM) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at -$90.0 million in Q1 2026, down 120.83% year-on-year from $432.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 115.08% quarter-over-quarter from $596.8 million in Q4 2025.

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Columbia Sportswear has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 17 years of filings, most recently posting -$90.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$90.0 million, down 120.83% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $167.5 million (down 50.19% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $216.7 million, down 54.88% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at -$90.0 million for Q1 2026 at Columbia Sportswear, down from $596.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $609.4 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$287.2 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is -$40.5 million (2022), against an average of $67.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow surged 257.95% in 2023 and tumbled 668.73% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Columbia Sportswear's Free Cash Flow stood at $286.9 million in 2022, then surged by 112.43% to $609.4 million in 2023, then declined by 6.6% to $569.1 million in 2024, then advanced by 4.87% to $596.8 million in 2025, then tumbled by 115.08% to -$90.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at -$90.0 million (Q1 2026), $596.8 million (Q4 2025), and -$287.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Ermenegildo Zegna 179,116.29 Bn 179,116.03 Bn - -
2 Ralph Lauren 25.18 Bn 23.12 Bn 1.38 Bn 93.90 Mn
3 Levi Strauss 9.24 Bn 8.43 Bn 1.08 Bn 152.10 Mn
4 V F 6.76 Bn 6.55 Bn 1.22 Bn 5.92 Mn
5 Kontoor Brands 4.31 Bn 4.20 Bn 470.76 Mn 287.39 Mn
6 Pvh 3.56 Bn 2.96 Bn 1.19 Bn -86.00 Mn
7 Columbia Sportswear 3.50 Bn 2.96 Bn 394.96 Mn -89.99 Mn
8 Under Armour 2.51 Bn 1.60 Bn 492.04 Mn -347.27 Mn
9 Figs 2.04 Bn 1.77 Bn 108.30 Mn -5.63 Mn
10 G Iii Apparel 1.45 Bn 1.06 Bn 347.75 Mn -10.43 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -89.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -89.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 596.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 596.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -287.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -287.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -52.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -52.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -40.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -40.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 569.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 569.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -169.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -169.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -22.18 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -22.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 103.28 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 103.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 609.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 609.39 Mn