secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO (COLM)
CIK:        0001050797
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001050797-24-000064
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Sportswear Q1 net sales down 6% to $770M; EPS falls 4% to $0.71
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- Net sales $770M vs $820.6M in Q1 2023, down 6% YoY.
- Operating income $44.7M (5.8% margin), down 21% from $56.4M.
- Diluted EPS $0.71, down 4% from $0.74; gross margin improved 190 bps to 50.6%.
- Ended quarter with $787.7M cash and no borrowings; inventories down 37%.
- Board declared $0.30/share dividend payable May 30, 2024; repurchased $50.2M of stock.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079724000064/0001050797-24-000064-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079724000064/colm-20240425.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050797-24-000064

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