---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-22-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:59:01.681112+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Sportswear Q2 2022: EPS down 82% to $0.11; net sales up 2% to record $578.1M

## Summary
- Net sales up 2% (4% constant-currency) to record $578.1M; operating income fell 75% to $8.8M.
- Diluted EPS plunged 82% to $0.11 from $0.61 in Q2 2021; net income down 82% to $7.2M.
- Gross margin contracted 240 bps to 49.2%; SG&A as % of sales rose 250 bps to 48.7%.
- Repurchased $69.6M of stock in Q2 and $286.9M in first six months of 2022.
- Board declared $0.30 quarterly dividend, payable Aug 31 to shareholders of record Aug 17.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-22-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079722000056/0001050797-22-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079722000056/colm-20220727.htm

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