---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:24:44.311728+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Sportswear reports record Q4 sales $1.13B, EPS $2.39, raises dividend 15%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales record $1,129.7M, +23% YoY; diluted EPS $2.39, +66% vs Q4 2020.
- Full year net sales $3,126.4M, +25%; operating income $450.5M, +229% vs 2020.
- Board approved 15% dividend increase to $0.30/share, payable March 21, 2022 to holders of record March 11.
- Cash and short-term investments $894.5M, no borrowings; $165.9M in share repurchases during 2021.
- FY2022 financial outlook provided; specifics not fully detailed in filing excerpt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079722000003/0001050797-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079722000003/colm-20220203.htm

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