Growth Metrics

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.1% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% to 0.1% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.1% through Dec 2025, down 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.09% for FY2025, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.1% in Q4 2025 for Columbia Sportswear, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.21% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.09% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.15% across 5 years, with a median of 0.14% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 13bps in 2021 and later dropped -6bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.2% in 2021, then dropped by -10bps to 0.18% in 2022, then dropped by -22bps to 0.14% in 2023, then fell by -6bps to 0.13% in 2024, then decreased by -22bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for COLM at 0.1% in Q4 2025, 0.1% in Q3 2025, and 0.13% in Q2 2025.