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COLM vs. CROX, GIII, LULU, SHOO, BC, CRI, GIL, PVH, RL, and VFC

Should you be buying Columbia Sportswear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Sportswear include Crocs (CROX), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), lululemon athletica (LULU), Steven Madden (SHOO), Brunswick (BC), Carter's (CRI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), PVH (PVH), Ralph Lauren (RL), and V.F. (VFC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Columbia Sportswear vs. Its Competitors

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Crocs had 2 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Crocs and 12 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Crocs' score of 1.42 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Columbia Sportswear
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crocs
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.59% compared to Crocs' net margin of 5.72%. Crocs' return on equity of 44.15% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Columbia Sportswear6.59% 12.97% 7.93%
Crocs 5.72%44.15%16.12%

Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crocs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Columbia Sportswear$3.37B0.89$223.27M$3.9214.04
Crocs$4.10B1.15$950.07M$3.7323.13

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Crocs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Columbia Sportswear presently has a consensus target price of $60.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.47%. Crocs has a consensus target price of $104.42, suggesting a potential upside of 21.01%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Columbia Sportswear
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Crocs
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Summary

Crocs beats Columbia Sportswear on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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COLM vs. The Competition

MetricColumbia SportswearTEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.01B$12.73B$8.57B$9.84B
Dividend Yield2.20%2.81%3.06%4.02%
P/E Ratio14.0415.4717.9026.63
Price / Sales0.891.095.25121.17
Price / Cash11.1712.0616.9759.36
Price / Book1.822.934.806.69
Net Income$223.27M$601.05M$227.38M$265.59M
7 Day Performance2.76%3.41%3.62%3.44%
1 Month Performance-8.83%3.23%13.98%1.12%
1 Year Performance-31.72%6.71%51.59%23.91%

Columbia Sportswear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
4.8352 of 5 stars
$55.04
-0.3%
$60.80
+10.5%
-33.2%$3.01B$3.37B14.049,780Positive News
CROX
Crocs
4.0226 of 5 stars
$82.88
-2.1%
$108.92
+31.4%
-39.5%$4.53B$4.10B22.227,910
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
2.0303 of 5 stars
$26.10
+0.9%
$27.80
+6.5%
+2.7%$1.13B$3.18B6.044,600News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.7268 of 5 stars
$203.62
+2.6%
$320.70
+57.5%
-24.2%$24.40B$10.59B13.8039,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SHOO
Steven Madden
3.1745 of 5 stars
$26.92
-0.3%
$28.80
+7.0%
-33.9%$1.96B$2.28B21.204,800
BC
Brunswick
3.5402 of 5 stars
$63.17
-0.2%
$68.25
+8.0%
-18.9%$4.13B$5.24B101.8815,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRI
Carter's
2.4347 of 5 stars
$25.72
-1.3%
$30.25
+17.6%
-59.1%$937.09M$2.84B6.8215,350
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.928 of 5 stars
$56.56
+0.3%
$64.58
+14.2%
+23.3%$8.44B$3.27B17.9550,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
PVH
PVH
4.4089 of 5 stars
$76.28
-0.8%
$93.40
+22.4%
-21.8%$3.67B$8.65B10.7628,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.746 of 5 stars
$289.78
-0.3%
$306.41
+5.7%
+71.0%$17.55B$7.08B23.1523,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VFC
V.F.
4.0524 of 5 stars
$13.15
+0.5%
$16.20
+23.2%
-16.0%$5.14B$9.50B-101.1527,000Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:COLM) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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