Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ:COLM) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ:COLM) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eight analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $62.6667.

COLM has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. BTIG Research raised their target price on shares of Columbia Sportswear from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Columbia Sportswear from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Columbia Sportswear from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. UBS Group reissued a “sell” rating and set a $47.00 price objective (up from $44.00) on shares of Columbia Sportswear in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $67.00 price objective (up from $65.00) on shares of Columbia Sportswear in a report on Monday, May 4th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Sabrina Simmons sold 1,329 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $61.24, for a total transaction of $81,387.96. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 8,260 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $505,842.40. This trade represents a 13.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen E. Babson sold 4,150 shares of Columbia Sportswear stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.95, for a total value of $281,992.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 132,376 shares in the company, valued at $8,994,949.20. This trade represents a 3.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 9,559 shares of company stock worth $639,923 in the last 90 days. 51.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in Columbia Sportswear by 15.7% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,222,770 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $121,824,000 after acquiring an additional 301,277 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Columbia Sportswear by 19.6% in the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,161,128 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $63,967,000 after purchasing an additional 190,453 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Columbia Sportswear by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,097,123 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $60,441,000 after purchasing an additional 13,499 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Columbia Sportswear by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,003,611 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $52,489,000 after purchasing an additional 31,085 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its holdings in shares of Columbia Sportswear by 25.4% in the 4th quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 589,882 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $32,497,000 after purchasing an additional 119,354 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 47.76% of the company’s stock.

Columbia Sportswear Price Performance

COLM opened at $66.99 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $61.44 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.33 and a beta of 0.93. Columbia Sportswear has a one year low of $47.47 and a one year high of $68.29.

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The textile maker reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $779.01 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $758.26 million. Columbia Sportswear had a net margin of 4.98% and a return on equity of 11.78%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.75 EPS. Columbia Sportswear has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.550-4.000 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.460–0.370 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Columbia Sportswear will post 3.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Columbia Sportswear Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 21st were given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 21st. Columbia Sportswear’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 38.22%.

About Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear Company develops, sources, markets and distributes a wide range of outdoor apparel, footwear and accessories designed for activities such as hiking, skiing, snowboarding and trail running. Its product portfolio includes weatherproof jackets and pants featuring proprietary technologies like Omni-Tech® waterproofing and Omni-Heat® thermal reflective lining, as well as activewear, footwear, hats, gloves and accessories under the Columbia® brand and complementary brands.

Founded in 1938 as the Columbia Hat Company in Portland, Oregon, the company initially focused on headwear before expanding into outerwear in the 1970s with the introduction of the Bugaboo® interchange jacket.