Columbia Sportswear vs G-III Apparel Group
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The short version
- Columbia Sportswear is the larger business, with $3.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.0B for G-III Apparel Group.
- Columbia Sportswear grew revenue faster (0.9%, against −7.0%).
- Columbia Sportswear kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (6.1% operating margin, against 3.7%).
- G-III Apparel Group turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.9% FCF margin, against 6.4%).
- Columbia Sportswear earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (17.0%, against 4.6%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Columbia Sportswear’s earnings: a P/E of 16.0x against 9.7x for G-III Apparel Group.
| Latest fiscal year | COLM · FY25 | GIII · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $1.3B |
| Revenue | $3.4B | $3.0B |
| Free cash flow | $217M | $264M |
| Net income | $177M | $67.4M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.9% | −7.0% |
| 5-year growth | 6.3% | 7.6% |
| Share count change | −6.4% | −3.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 50.5% | 39.4% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 2.3% |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | 8.9% |
| Return on capital | 17.0% | 4.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.2% | 3.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$791M | −$402M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −3.0x | −2.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $267M | $54.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.0x | 9.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 |
Revenue
FY16
COLM $2.4B
GIII $2.4B
FY17
COLM $2.5B
GIII $2.8B
FY18
COLM $2.8B
GIII $3.1B
FY19
COLM $3.0B
GIII $3.2B
FY20
COLM $2.5B
GIII $2.1B
FY21
COLM $3.1B
GIII $2.8B
FY22
COLM $3.5B
GIII $3.2B
FY23
COLM $3.5B
GIII $3.1B
FY24
COLM $3.4B
GIII $3.2B
FY25
COLM $3.4B
GIII $3.0B
COLM
GIII
Operating margin
FY16
COLM 10.8%
GIII 3.9%
FY17
COLM 10.7%
GIII 5.5%
FY18
COLM 12.5%
GIII 7.5%
FY19
COLM 13.0%
GIII 7.2%
FY20
COLM 5.5%
GIII 4.0%
FY21
COLM 14.4%
GIII 11.2%
FY22
COLM 11.4%
GIII −3.4%
FY23
COLM 8.9%
GIII 9.2%
FY24
COLM 8.0%
GIII 9.2%
FY25
COLM 6.1%
GIII 3.7%
COLM
GIII
Free cash flow
FY16
COLM $225M
GIII $80.8M
FY17
COLM $288M
GIII $45.2M
FY18
COLM $224M
GIII $74.6M
FY19
COLM $162M
GIII $171M
FY20
COLM $247M
GIII $58.7M
FY21
COLM $320M
GIII $168M
FY22
COLM −$83.7M
GIII −$126M
FY23
COLM $582M
GIII $563M
FY24
COLM $431M
GIII $275M
FY25
COLM $217M
GIII $264M
COLM
GIII
Return on capital
FY16
COLM 24.7%
GIII 5.7%
FY17
COLM 13.7%
GIII 6.1%
FY18
COLM 28.8%
GIII 11.7%
FY19
COLM 30.1%
GIII 12.0%
FY20
COLM 9.6%
GIII 3.7%
FY21
COLM 33.1%
GIII 15.0%
FY22
COLM 23.7%
GIII −5.3%
FY23
COLM 17.9%
GIII 13.2%
FY24
COLM 19.0%
GIII 14.3%
FY25
COLM 17.0%
GIII 4.6%
COLM
GIII
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.