Columbia Sportswear
COLM · Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
$61.35
1.2%Capri Holdings
CPRI · Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
$15.87
3.0%The short version
- Capri Holdings is the larger business, with $3.5B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $3.4B for Columbia Sportswear.
- Columbia Sportswear grew revenue faster (0.9%, against −4.1%).
- Columbia Sportswear kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (6.1% operating margin, against 0.7% operating margin).
- Columbia Sportswear turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.4% FCF margin, against 0.4% FCF margin).
- Columbia Sportswear earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (17.0%, against 1.6%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Columbia Sportswear’s earnings: a P/E of 16.0x against 12.2x for Capri Holdings.
| Latest fiscal year | COLM · FY25 | CPRI · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $1.8B |
| Revenue | $3.4B | $3.5B |
| Free cash flow | $217M | $14.0M |
| Net income | $177M | $137M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.9% | −4.1% |
| 5-year growth | 6.3% | −3.1% |
| Share count change | −6.4% | 1.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 50.5% | 62.3% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 0.7% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 3.9% |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | 0.4% |
| Return on capital | 17.0% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.2% | 61.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$791M | $236M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −3.0x | 1.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $267M | $81.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.0x | 12.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 |
FY17
COLM $2.5B
CPRI $4.5B
FY18
COLM $2.8B
CPRI $4.7B
FY19
COLM $3.0B
CPRI $5.2B
FY20
COLM $2.5B
CPRI $5.6B
FY21
COLM $3.1B
CPRI $4.1B
FY22
COLM $3.5B
CPRI $5.7B
FY23
COLM $3.5B
CPRI $5.6B
FY24
COLM $3.4B
CPRI $4.1B
FY25
COLM $3.4B
CPRI $3.6B
FY26
COLM —
CPRI $3.5B
COLM
CPRI
FY17
COLM 10.7%
CPRI 15.4%
FY18
COLM 12.5%
CPRI 15.9%
FY19
COLM 13.0%
CPRI 14.0%
FY20
COLM 5.5%
CPRI −3.5%
FY21
COLM 14.4%
CPRI 0.5%
FY22
COLM 11.4%
CPRI 16.0%
FY23
COLM 8.9%
CPRI 12.1%
FY24
COLM 8.0%
CPRI 1.4%
FY25
COLM 6.1%
CPRI −0.7%
FY26
COLM —
CPRI 0.7%
COLM
CPRI
FY17
COLM $288M
CPRI $870M
FY18
COLM $224M
CPRI $942M
FY19
COLM $162M
CPRI $513M
FY20
COLM $247M
CPRI $636M
FY21
COLM $320M
CPRI $513M
FY22
COLM −$83.7M
CPRI $573M
FY23
COLM $582M
CPRI $545M
FY24
COLM $431M
CPRI $174M
FY25
COLM $217M
CPRI $207M
FY26
COLM —
CPRI $14.0M
COLM
CPRI
FY17
COLM 13.7%
CPRI 37.7%
FY18
COLM 28.8%
CPRI 26.1%
FY19
COLM 30.1%
CPRI —
FY20
COLM 9.6%
CPRI —
FY21
COLM 33.1%
CPRI 0.3%
FY22
COLM 23.7%
CPRI 23.7%
FY23
COLM 17.9%
CPRI 18.5%
FY24
COLM 19.0%
CPRI 1.1%
FY25
COLM 17.0%
CPRI −0.8%
FY26
COLM —
CPRI 1.6%
COLM
CPRI
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