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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Columbia Sportswear (COLM)

Columbia Sportswear Q4 sales rise 3%, EPS $1.80; 2025 EPS outlook $3.80 to $4.15

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Columbia Sportswear reported fourth quarter 2024 net sales up 3% and diluted EPS up 16% to $1.80, while full-year 2024 net sales fell 3% and diluted EPS fell 7% to $3.82. The company expects 2025 diluted EPS of $3.80 to $4.15, a range that includes the 2024 level, and declared a $0.30 quarterly dividend, so the results point in mixed directions for shareholders.

Key points

  • Q4 2024 net sales rose 3% to $1,096.6 million; operating income rose 21% to $137.3 million, helped by a $25.0 million prAna impairment in Q4 2023.
  • Full-year 2024 net sales fell 3% to $3,368.6 million; diluted EPS fell 7% to $3.82 from $4.09.
  • 2025 outlook: net sales of $3.40 to $3.47 billion and diluted EPS of $3.80 to $4.15, compared with $3.82 in 2024.
  • First quarter 2025 net sales are expected to decline 3 to 1 percent to $749 to $764 million; quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share payable March 21, 2025.

The filing

CompanyColumbia Sportswear (COLM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 4, 2025, 4:04 PM ET
Accession number0001050797-25-000006

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 04, 2025.

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