Growth Metrics

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Operating Margin: 2009-2024

Historic Operating Margin for Columbia Sportswear (COLM) over the last 16 years, with Dec 2024 value amounting to 8.04%.

  • 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.
  • Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin amounted to 8.04% in FY2024, which was down 9.67% from 8.90% recorded in FY2023.
  • Columbia Sportswear's 5-year Operating Margin high stood at 14.41% for FY2021, and its period low was 5.48% during FY2020.
  • Moreover, its 3-year median value for Operating Margin was 8.90% (2023), whereas its average is 9.43%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin plummeted by 750bps in 2020 and then spiked by 893bps in 2021.
  • Over the past 5 years, Columbia Sportswear's Operating Margin (Yearly) stood at 5.48% in 2020, then surged by 893bps to 14.41% in 2021, then plummeted by 306bps to 11.35% in 2022, then plummeted by 245bps to 8.90% in 2023, then tumbled by 86bps to 8.04% in 2024.