---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-25-000157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:12:59.916854+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Q3 EPS $0.95 vs $1.56; operating income down 40% on impairment charges

## Summary
- Net sales up 1% to $943.4M; operating income fell 40% to $67.4M (includes $29M impairment for prAna and Mountain Hardwear).
- U.S. net sales down 4% (c.c.); international markets grew led by EMEA +10% c.c. and LAAP +6% c.c.
- Full-year 2025 guidance: net sales $3.33B-$3.37B (flat to -1%), diluted EPS $2.55-$2.85 vs $3.82 in 2024.
- Quarterly dividend declared at $0.30 per share, payable Dec 4, 2025 to holders of record Nov 20, 2025.
- Preliminary H1 2026 wholesale outlook: flat to low-single-digit growth, with international gains offset by U.S. decline.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-25-000157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079725000157/0001050797-25-000157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079725000157/colm-20251030.htm

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