Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Columbia Sportswear has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 9.13% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 9.13%, down 281.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.13% (down 281.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 9.45%, down 291.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.13% for Q1 2026 at Columbia Sportswear, down from 10.05% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 21.27% in Q3 2022 to a low of 9.13% in Q1 2026.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.39% (2025), against an average of 14.28%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 1072 bps in 2022 and slumped 573 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Columbia Sportswear's Return on Capital Employed stood at 17.61% in 2022, then declined by 22 bps to 13.65% in 2023, then retreated by 6 bps to 12.88% in 2024, then slipped by 22 bps to 10.05% in 2025, then dropped by 9 bps to 9.13% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.13% (Q1 2026), 10.05% (Q4 2025), and 10.31% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.