---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-23-000131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T16:44:46.814854+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Q2 sales +7% to $620.9M; EPS $0.14; declares $0.30 dividend

## Summary
- Net sales $620.9M, up 7% (constant-currency +9%) YoY; operating income $6.2M, down 29%.
- Diluted EPS $0.14 vs $0.11 (+27%); net income $8.4M, up 17%.
- Gross margin 50.6%, up 140 bps; SG&A as % of sales 50.3%, up 160 bps.
- Cash and short-term investments $302.8M, no borrowings.
- Board declared $0.30 quarterly dividend, payable Sept 5, 2023, record Aug 22, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-23-000131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000131/0001050797-23-000131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000131/colm-20230801.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-23-000131.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO reported second quarter and first half 2023 results: revenue $620.9 million, net income $8.4 million, EPS $0.14. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: second quarter and first half 2023
  - Revenue: $620.9 million
  - Net income: $8.4 million
  - EPS: $0.14
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Columbia Sportswear Company Reports Second Quarter and First Half 2023 Financial Results; Updates Full Year 2023 Financial Outlook Second Quarter 2023 Highlights • Net sales increased 7 percent (9 percent constant-currency) to $620.9 million, compared to second quarter 2022. • Operating income decreased 29 percent to $6.2 million, or 1.0 percent of net sales, compared to second quarter 2022 operating income of $8.8 million, or 1.5 percent of net sales. • Diluted earnings per share increased 27 percent to $0.14, compared to second quarter 2022 diluted earnings per share of $0.11.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000131/0001050797-23-000131-index.htm

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