Growth Metrics

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

Columbia Sportswear's Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Columbia Sportswear, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.19% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.09% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.13% (2021), against an average of 0.14%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Invested Capital was 12bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -193bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.18% in 2021, then dropped by -10bps to 0.16% in 2022, then decreased by -24bps to 0.12% in 2023, then decreased by -9bps to 0.11% in 2024, then decreased by -16bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COLM's Return on Invested Capital are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).