Earnings Data
Report Date
Aug 05, 2026After Close (Confirmed)
Period Ending
2026 (Q2)Consensus EPS Forecast
-0.32Last Year’s EPS
-0.15Same Quarter Last Year
Based on 6 Analysts Ratings
Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call reflected a broadly constructive tone: strong international growth, product and marketing momentum, a healthier fall order book and meaningful share repurchases underpin confidence in the ACCELERATE strategy, while notable headwinds—most prominently tariffs, U.S. sales softness, inventory/unit declines and geopolitical risks—create near-term margin and demand uncertainty. Management maintained full-year guidance (net sales +1% to +3%) and raised operating margin guidance, signaling confidence despite the risks.Company Guidance
Net Sales and Profitability Beat Guidance
Net sales roughly flat YoY at $779 million while diluted EPS came in above quarterly guidance; outperformance driven by early spring 2026 wholesale shipments, stronger-than-expected demand in Europe and disciplined expense management.
Strong International Growth
International (over 40% of sales) grew ~16% YoY; EMEA net sales up low-20% (Europe direct +high-teens, EMEA distributor +low-30%), Korea up high-single-digits, China mid-single-digits, LAAP +3% and LAAP distributor low-double-digits.
Order Book Momentum and ACCELERATE Strategy Traction
Fall '26 order book strengthened, supporting management's expectation of mid-single-digit percent wholesale growth in H2; U.S. order book improved to low- to mid-single-digit growth, with double-digit growth in women's and footwear and >100% order increases for Amaze and ROC lines.
Marketing & Brand Visibility Wins
High-impact activations: Winter Olympics exposure (billions of views) and 25M views of Columbia curling jerseys; Engineered for Whatever campaign won a Gold Clio and Expedition Impossible generated >10M organic views; Santa Clara/tailgate activation generated >9M social views and hundreds of news articles.
Product Momentum — PFG and Footwear
PFG momentum: Bahama shirt expected to grow by double-digit percent for spring '26; Dry Tortuga Boot sales more than tripled in Q1; titanium and Omni-Heat Arctic technologies seeing double-digit growth and MTR fleece scaling.
Financial Position and Shareholder Returns
Returned $150 million in Q1 share repurchases (2.5M shares retired); fortress balance sheet with $535 million cash and short-term investments and no debt; inventories healthy in dollars (flat YoY).
CH:CUW Earnings History
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Columbia Sportswear (CH:CUW) is schdueled to report earning on Aug 05, 2026, After Close (Confirmed).
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CH:CUW EPS forecast for the fiscal quarter 2026 (Q2) is -0.32.