Columbia Sportswear
COLM · Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
$61.35
1.2%Carter's
CRI · Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
$32.60
3.9%The short version
- Columbia Sportswear is the larger business, with $3.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.9B for Carter's.
- Carter's grew revenue faster (1.9%, against 0.9%).
- Columbia Sportswear kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (6.1% operating margin, against 5.0% operating margin).
- Columbia Sportswear turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.4% FCF margin, against 2.4% FCF margin).
- Columbia Sportswear earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (17.0%, against 11.9%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Columbia Sportswear’s earnings: a P/E of 16.0x against 6.1x for Carter's.
| Latest fiscal year | COLM · FY25 | CRI · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $1.2B |
| Revenue | $3.4B | $2.9B |
| Free cash flow | $217M | $68.6M |
| Net income | $177M | $91.8M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.9% | 1.9% |
| 5-year growth | 6.3% | −0.9% |
| Share count change | −6.4% | −0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 50.5% | 45.4% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 3.2% |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | 2.4% |
| Return on capital | 17.0% | 11.9% |
| Return on equity | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$791M | $80.1M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −3.0x | 0.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $267M | $56.4M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.0x | 6.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
FY16
COLM $2.4B
CRI $3.2B
FY17
COLM $2.5B
CRI $3.4B
FY18
COLM $2.8B
CRI $3.5B
FY19
COLM $3.0B
CRI $3.5B
FY20
COLM $2.5B
CRI $3.0B
FY21
COLM $3.1B
CRI $3.5B
FY22
COLM $3.5B
CRI $3.2B
FY23
COLM $3.5B
CRI $2.9B
FY24
COLM $3.4B
CRI $2.8B
FY25
COLM $3.4B
CRI $2.9B
COLM
CRI
FY16
COLM 10.8%
CRI 13.3%
FY17
COLM 10.7%
CRI 12.3%
FY18
COLM 12.5%
CRI 11.3%
FY19
COLM 13.0%
CRI 10.6%
FY20
COLM 5.5%
CRI 6.3%
FY21
COLM 14.4%
CRI 14.3%
FY22
COLM 11.4%
CRI 11.8%
FY23
COLM 8.9%
CRI 11.0%
FY24
COLM 8.0%
CRI 9.0%
FY25
COLM 6.1%
CRI 5.0%
COLM
CRI
FY16
COLM $225M
CRI $281M
FY17
COLM $288M
CRI $260M
FY18
COLM $224M
CRI $292M
FY19
COLM $162M
CRI $326M
FY20
COLM $247M
CRI $556M
FY21
COLM $320M
CRI $231M
FY22
COLM −$83.7M
CRI $48.0M
FY23
COLM $582M
CRI $469M
FY24
COLM $431M
CRI $243M
FY25
COLM $217M
CRI $68.6M
COLM
CRI
FY16
COLM 24.7%
CRI 25.9%
FY17
COLM 13.7%
CRI 27.5%
FY18
COLM 28.8%
CRI 24.0%
FY19
COLM 30.1%
CRI 23.4%
FY20
COLM 9.6%
CRI 14.8%
FY21
COLM 33.1%
CRI 43.2%
FY22
COLM 23.7%
CRI 27.7%
FY23
COLM 17.9%
CRI 22.7%
FY24
COLM 19.0%
CRI 21.2%
FY25
COLM 17.0%
CRI 11.9%
COLM
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