---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050797-26-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLM"
cik: "0001050797"
company_name: "COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:31:25.681455+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Q1 EPS falls to $0.65 from $0.75; raises FY26 EPS guidance to $3.55-$4.00

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $779M (flat YoY); gross margin 50.7% (down 20 bps); operating income $42M (-10%).
- FY26 outlook raised: gross margin 50.3%-50.5% (prior 49.8%-50.0%); diluted EPS $3.55-$4.00 (prior $3.20-$3.65).
- U.S. net sales -10% YoY; international growth led by Europe +35% (+21% cc), China +LDD%. Inventory units -11% YoY.
- $80M paid in now-struck-down IEEPA tariffs; $55M recorded in cost of sales; no recovery assumed in outlook.
- Quarterly dividend $0.30/sh declared (payable June 4); repurchased $150M stock in Q1 at avg $60.03/sh.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050797-26-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLM
- cik: 0001050797
- company_name: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+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/1050797/000105079726000065/0001050797-26-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079726000065/colm-20260430.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO reported first quarter 2026 results: revenue $779.0 million, EPS $0.65.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $779.0 million
  - EPS: $0.65
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Columbia Sportswear Company Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results; Updates Full Year 2026 Financial Outlook First Quarter 2026 Highlights • Net sales were relatively flat (decrease of 3 percent on a constant-currency basis) at $779.0 million, compared to first quarter 2025. • Gross margin contracted 20 basis points to 50.7 percent of net sales from 50.9 percent of net sales in first quarter 2025. • Operating income decreased 10 percent to $42.0 million, or 5.4 percent of net sales, compared to first quarter 2025 operating income of $46.5 million, or 6.0 percent of net sales. • Diluted earnings per share of $0.65, compared to first quarter 2025 diluted earnings per share of $0.75.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050797/000105079726000065/0001050797-26-000065-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.