Growth Metrics

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 10.91% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 161.0% to 10.91% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 6.09%, a 194.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 6.09%, down 194.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 10.91% in Q4 2025 for Columbia Sportswear, up from 7.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for COLM hit a ceiling of 18.73% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 4.17% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 8.62% across 5 years, with a median of 10.79% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 2838bps in 2021 and later crashed -544bps in 2022.
  • Tracing COLM's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 18.73% in 2021, then dropped by -29bps to 13.29% in 2022, then decreased by -20bps to 10.67% in 2023, then rose by 17bps to 12.52% in 2024, then dropped by -13bps to 10.91% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for COLM at 10.91% in Q4 2025, 7.14% in Q3 2025, and 3.9% in Q2 2025.