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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.41%. Crocs has a consensus price target of $135.13, indicating a potential upside of 35.51%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Crocs has a net margin of 23.35% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 6.61%. Crocs' return on equity of 43.07% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
In the previous week, Crocs had 11 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Crocs and 6 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Crocs' score of 0.60 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Sportswear. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Crocs beats Columbia Sportswear on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:COLM) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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