secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO (COLM)
CIK:        0001050797
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001050797-24-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Sportswear Q4 net sales down 9% to $1.06B; EPS falls 23% to $1.55
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- Q4 net sales $1,060M, down 9% YoY (10% constant-currency); operating income $113.1M, down 27%.
- Full-year 2023 sales up 1% to $3,487.2M; operating income down 21% to $310.3M; EPS $4.09, down 17%.
- Declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share, payable March 22, 2024 to holders of record March 8.
- Inventory down 27% to $746.3M; company repurchased $184M of common stock during 2023.
- Q4 includes $25M impairment charge for prAna; no borrowings and $764.5M in cash/short-term investments.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079724000011/0001050797-24-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079724000011/colm-20240201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-24-000011

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