Columbia Sportswear (COLM) reported $778.45 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.1%. EPS of $0.75 for the same period compares to $0.71 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.49% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $759.57 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.68, the EPS surprise was +10.29%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Columbia Sportswear performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Geographic Net sales to unrelated entities- United States: $471.18 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $465.92 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.7%.
- Geographic Net sales to unrelated entities- Canada: $47.58 million compared to the $49.51 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -9.2% year over year.
- Geographic Net sales to unrelated entities- Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA): $107.48 million versus $103.98 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.9% change.
- Geographic Net sales to unrelated entities- Latin America and Asia Pacific (LAAP): $152.21 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $141.39 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.7%.
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Shares of Columbia Sportswear have returned -19.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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