---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-23-000144"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T07:43:50.245720+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Q3 net sales up 3% to $985.7M; EPS down 6% to $1.70; dividend declared

## Summary
- Net sales $985.7M (+3% YoY); operating income $134.6M (-7%).
- Diluted EPS $1.70, down 6% from $1.80; gross margin +70bps to 48.7%.
- SG&A rose 230bps to 35.7% of sales, pressuring operating margin to 13.7%.
- Cash & short-term investments $214.8M, no borrowings; declared $0.30 quarterly dividend (payable Nov 30).
- Updated full-year 2023 financial outlook (details in press release and CFO commentary).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-23-000144
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1050797/000105079723000144/0001050797-23-000144-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000144/colm-20231026.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-23-000144.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO reported third quarter and first nine months 2023 results: revenue $985.7 million, net income $103.5 million, EPS $1.70.
  - Period: third quarter and first nine months 2023
  - Revenue: $985.7 million
  - Net income: $103.5 million
  - EPS: $1.70
  - Result: reported results
  source text: First Nine Months 2023 Financial Results; Updates Full Year 2023 Financial Outlook Third Quarter 2023 Highlights • Net sales increased 3 percent (3 percent constant-currency) to $985.7 million, compared to third quarter 2022. • Operating income decreased 7 percent to $134.6 million, or 13.7 percent of net sales, compared to third quarter 2022 operating income of $145.3
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000144/0001050797-23-000144-index.htm

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