Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Columbia Sportswear (COLM) posted Return on Capital Employed of 9.13% for Q1 2026, down 9.2% sequentially from 10.05% in Q4 2025, and down 281.0% YoY from 5.04% in Q1 2025.
Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Columbia Sportswear has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 years, with the latest figure at 9.13% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 281.0% year-over-year to 9.13% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.13% (down 281.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.45%, down 291.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed retreated to 9.13% in Q1 2026 per COLM's latest filing, from 10.05% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 21.27% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 9.13% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 14.28% and a median of 13.39% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed soared 1072 bps in 2022, then slumped 573 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 17.61% in 2022, then retreated by 22 bps to 13.65% in 2023, then slipped by 6 bps to 12.88% in 2024, then declined by 22 bps to 10.05% in 2025, then fell by 9 bps to 9.13% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 9.13%, 10.05%, and 10.31% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.30% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.13% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.05% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.31% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.39% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.94% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.88% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.24% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.11% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.42% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.54% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 15.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.23% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 17.61% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 21.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 19.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 19.61% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 15.87% |