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Issuer:     COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO (COLM)
CIK:        0001050797
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001050797-23-000144
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000144/0001050797-23-000144-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079723000144/colm-20231026.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-23-000144

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