Analyzing Columbia Sportswear Co (COLM)’s Gross, Operating, Pretax, and Net Margins

A share price of Columbia Sportswear Co [COLM] is currently trading at $82.59, up 3.94%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The COLM shares have gain 3.68% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.01%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Columbia Sportswear Co [NASDAQ: COLM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 19, 2024, when Wedbush initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $80. Previously, Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy on July 08, 2024, and elevated its price target to $92. On January 05, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sell and revised its price target to $62 on the stock. Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to a Neutral. TD Cowen downgraded its rating to a Market Perform and reduced its price target to $83 on August 03, 2023. Piper Sandler started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on April 25, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $92. In a note dated April 29, 2022, BofA Securities downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $108 to $80.

Columbia Sportswear Co experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $73.04 and $91.30. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81 within the next 12 months. Columbia Sportswear Co [NASDAQ: COLM] shares were valued at $82.59 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.93% based on the average COLM price forecast.

Analyzing the COLM fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Columbia Sportswear Co [NASDAQ:COLM] were 3.37B which represents 3.46% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.5% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.25.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 80.56 points at the first support level, and at 78.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 83.67, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 84.75.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Columbia Sportswear Co [NASDAQ:COLM] is 2.62. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.72, while the Cash Ratio is 0.69. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.40, the price to book ratio is 2.65 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.38.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Nelson Ronald E., Director, that happened on Feb 13 ’25 when 6395.0 shares were purchased. Director, SIMMONS SABRINA completed a deal on May 02 ’24 to sell 523.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director SIMMONS SABRINA sold 518.0 shares on May 03 ’24.

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