secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO (COLM)
CIK:        0001050797
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001050797-21-000053
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Sportswear Q3 net sales up 15% to $804.7M, EPS $1.52 (+62%), declares $0.26 dividend
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- Q3 2021 net sales $804.7M (+15% YoY); operating income $133.5M (+56%); diluted EPS $1.52 (+62%).
- Gross margin expanded 180 bps to 50.7%; SG&A as % of sales improved 250 bps to 34.8%.
- Exited Q3 with $600.6M cash and short-term investments, no borrowings; repurchased $127.2M stock YTD.
- Board declared $0.26 per share quarterly dividend, payable Dec 2, 2021 to holders of record Nov 18.
- Full year 2021 outlook updated and preliminary 2022 commentary provided (specific guidance not detailed in excerpt).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079721000053/0001050797-21-000053-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079721000053/colm-20211028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-21-000053

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