Growth Metrics

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.05% through Dec 2025, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.05% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.09% in Q4 2025 for Columbia Sportswear, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.14% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.02% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.07% across 5 years, with a median of 0.09% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: rose 23bps in 2021 and later dropped -6bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.14% in 2021, then dropped by -23bps to 0.11% in 2022, then decreased by -18bps to 0.09% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 0.09% in 2024, then fell by -7bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for COLM at 0.09% in Q4 2025, 0.06% in Q3 2025, and 0.02% in Q2 2025.