Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ:COLM) Given Average Recommendation of “Reduce” by Analysts

Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ:COLM) has earned an average recommendation of “Reduce” from the nine brokerages that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $60.80.

Several research firms have issued reports on COLM. Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of Columbia Sportswear from $64.00 to $61.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Columbia Sportswear in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Columbia Sportswear from $62.00 to $51.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 1st. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Columbia Sportswear from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Cfra Research raised shares of Columbia Sportswear to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th.

Columbia Sportswear Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ COLM opened at $53.30 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $54.08 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $60.98. Columbia Sportswear has a 52-week low of $48.10 and a 52-week high of $92.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.60 and a beta of 0.98.

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The textile maker reported ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.28) by $0.09. Columbia Sportswear had a net margin of 6.59% and a return on equity of 12.97%. The firm had revenue of $605.25 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $587.97 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.20) earnings per share. Columbia Sportswear’s revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. Columbia Sportswear has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.000-1.200 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Columbia Sportswear will post 4.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Columbia Sportswear Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.3%. Columbia Sportswear’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.61%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Columbia Sportswear

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of COLM. Two Sigma Investments LP acquired a new stake in shares of Columbia Sportswear during the 4th quarter valued at $744,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Columbia Sportswear by 10.0% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,185 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $519,000 after buying an additional 562 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of Columbia Sportswear by 8,642.2% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 52,453 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $3,970,000 after buying an additional 51,853 shares during the period. Vest Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Columbia Sportswear during the 1st quarter valued at $667,000. Finally, Procyon Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Columbia Sportswear by 8.3% during the 1st quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC now owns 3,605 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $273,000 after purchasing an additional 276 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 47.76% of the company’s stock.

Columbia Sportswear Company Profile

Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and distributes outdoor, active, and everyday lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada. The company provides apparel, accessories, and equipment for hiking, trail running, snow, fishing, hunting, mountaineering, climbing, skiing and snowboarding, trail, and outdoor activities.