Growth Metrics

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Operating Margin: 2009-2025

Historic Operating Margin for Columbia Sportswear (COLM) over the last 17 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 7.14%.

  • Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin fell 494.00% to 7.14% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 6.65%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 75.00%. This contributed to the annual value of 8.04% for FY2024, which is 86.00% down from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q3 2025, Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin is 7.14%, which was up 283.25% from -3.90% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin peaked at 18.73% during Q4 2021, and registered a low of -4.17% during Q2 2024.
  • Moreover, its 3-year median value for Operating Margin was 6.88% (2023), whereas its average is 6.15%.
  • Its Operating Margin has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first spiked by 2,838bps in 2021, then tumbled by 544bps in 2022.
  • Quarterly analysis of 5 years shows Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin stood at 18.73% in 2021, then slumped by 544bps to 13.29% in 2022, then tumbled by 262bps to 10.67% in 2023, then soared by 186bps to 12.52% in 2024, then slumped by 494bps to 7.14% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 7.14% in Q3 2025, -3.90% for Q2 2025, and 5.97% during Q1 2025.