---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-23-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T01:43:35.862751+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Sportswear Q4 sales up 4% record $1.17B; EPS down 15% to $2.02; takes prAna impairment

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1,169.6M (+4% YoY); operating income $155.4M (-27%); diluted EPS $2.02 (-15%).
- Full year 2022 net sales $3,464.2M (+11%); operating income $393.1M (-13%); diluted EPS $4.95 (-7%).
- Q4 includes $35.6M impairment charge for prAna, reducing diluted EPS by $0.43.
- Board declares quarterly dividend $0.30/share, payable March 21, 2023 to holders of record March 10.
- Repurchased $286.9M of stock in 2022; provided FY2023 financial outlook (specifics not detailed).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-23-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000020/0001050797-23-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000020/colm-20230202.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-23-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO reported full year 2022 results: revenue $3,464.2 million, EPS $4.95.
  - Period: full year 2022
  - Revenue: $3,464.2 million
  - EPS: $4.95
  - Result: reported results
  source text: with $431.0 million of cash and short-term investments and no borrowings. Full Year 2022 Highlights • Net sales increased 11 percent (14 percent constant-currency) to a record $3,464.2 million, compared to 2021. • Operating income decreased 13 percent to $393.1 million, or 11.3 percent of net sales, compared to 2021 operating income of $450.5 million, or 14.4 percent
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000020/0001050797-23-000020-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO updated its full year 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: full year 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: providing its full year 2023 financial outlook
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000020/0001050797-23-000020-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO reported fourth quarter 2022 results: revenue $1,169.6 million, net income $125.7, EPS $2.02.
  - Period: fourth quarter 2022
  - Revenue: $1,169.6 million
  - Net income: $125.7
  - EPS: $2.02
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Year 2022 Financial Results; Provides Full Year 2023 Financial Outlook Fourth Quarter 2022 Highlights • Net sales increased 4 percent (8 percent constant-currency) to a record $1,169.6 million, compared to fourth quarter 2021. • Operating income decreased 27 percent to $155.4 million, or 13.4 percent of net sales, compared to fourth quarter 2021 operating income of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000020/0001050797-23-000020-index.htm

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