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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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crocs$4.10B1.39$950.07M$16.326.25
Columbia Sportswear$3.38B0.99$223.27M$3.9115.46

Crocs presently has a consensus target price of $135.13, indicating a potential upside of 32.47%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.82%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Crocs
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Columbia Sportswear
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Crocs had 10 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Crocs and 6 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Crocs' score of 0.55 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Crocs
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Columbia Sportswear
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Crocs has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crocs23.35% 43.07% 16.02%
Columbia Sportswear 6.61%12.57%7.97%

93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crocs beats Columbia Sportswear on 13 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$3.33B$12.12B$8.34B$9.13B
Dividend Yield1.89%3.03%3.10%4.01%
P/E Ratio15.4612.7921.2619.57
Price / Sales0.991.063.3879.65
Price / Cash12.5910.2214.7427.51
Price / Book1.944.264.755.56
Net Income$223.27M$600.99M$215.18M$252.37M
7 Day Performance-3.99%1.21%1.96%3.11%
1 Month Performance1.38%6.53%44.26%11.74%
1 Year Performance-23.30%0.70%16.19%17.41%

Columbia Sportswear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
4.2362 of 5 stars
$60.44
-1.6%
$70.00
+15.8%
-22.0%$3.33B$3.38B15.469,780
CROX
Crocs
3.5639 of 5 stars
$106.35
-0.9%
$135.13
+27.1%
-25.5%$5.96B$4.10B6.527,910
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
2.7887 of 5 stars
$23.54
+1.3%
$27.80
+18.1%
-8.1%$1.02B$3.18B5.454,600Positive News
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.8362 of 5 stars
$237.57
-4.1%
$338.73
+42.6%
-18.7%$28.47B$10.75B16.1039,000
SHOO
Steven Madden
3.8211 of 5 stars
$25.00
-3.8%
$28.50
+14.0%
-42.7%$1.82B$2.28B10.784,800Positive News
BC
Brunswick
4.6354 of 5 stars
$58.21
-2.1%
$70.00
+20.3%
-21.5%$3.82B$5.24B48.1115,000Positive News
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CRI
Carter's
2.7436 of 5 stars
$31.51
+0.1%
$36.80
+16.8%
-46.8%$1.15B$2.84B6.9715,350News Coverage
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.4098 of 5 stars
$50.91
+0.1%
$57.91
+13.7%
+29.0%$7.66B$3.27B19.6650,000Positive News
PVH
PVH
4.8789 of 5 stars
$73.02
+0.8%
$98.27
+34.6%
-31.5%$3.51B$8.68B10.3028,000
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.2962 of 5 stars
$285.42
+2.0%
$292.88
+2.6%
+58.1%$17.22B$7.08B24.5823,400
VFC
V.F.
4.8737 of 5 stars
$12.52
-0.5%
$16.21
+29.5%
-10.1%$4.88B$9.50B-25.0427,000Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:COLM) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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