---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-23-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T07:53:07.203513+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Sportswear Q1 EPS $0.74 vs $1.03; revenue up 8% to $820.6M; operating income down 33%

## Summary
- Net sales $820.6M (+8% YoY); operating income $56.4M (6.9% margin) vs $83.7M (11.0%) last year.
- Diluted EPS $0.74, down 28% from $1.03; net income $46.2M vs $66.8M.
- Gross margin contracted 100 bps to 48.7%; SG&A increased 300 bps to 42.3% of sales.
- Board declared $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, payable June 1 to holders of record May 18.
- Full year 2023 outlook updated but specific numbers not disclosed in filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-23-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000075/0001050797-23-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000075/colm-20230427.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-23-000075.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO reported first quarter 2023 results: revenue $820.6 million, net income $46.2 million, EPS $0.74.
  - Period: first quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $820.6 million
  - Net income: $46.2 million
  - EPS: $0.74
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Sportswear Company Reports First Quarter 2023 Financial Results; Updates Full Year 2023 Financial Outlook First Quarter 2023 Highlights • Net sales increased 8 percent to $820.6 million, compared to first quarter 2022. • Operating income decreased 33 percent to $56.4 million, or 6.9 percent of net sales, compared to first quarter 2022 operating income of $83.7
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000075/0001050797-23-000075-index.htm

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