Columbia Sportswear: Q4 Earnings Insights

Columbia Sportswear COLM reported its Q4 earnings results on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 04:00 PM.

Here's what investors need to know about the announcement.

Columbia Sportswear beat estimated earnings by 33.52%, reporting an EPS of $2.39 versus an estimate of $1.79, which surprised analysts.

Revenue was up $214.38 million from the same period last year.

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by $0.22, which was followed by a 1.59% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Columbia Sportswear's past performance:

Quarter	Q3 2021	Q2 2021	Q1 2021	Q4 2020
EPS Estimate	1.30	-0.08	0.39	1.24
EPS Actual	1.52	0.61	0.84	1.44
Revenue Estimate	859.95M	497.57M	594.97M	866.91M
Revenue Actual	804.71M	566.37M	625.61M	915.62M

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Columbia Sportswear management provided guidance for their next quarter, expecting earnings between $5.5 and $5.8 per share for the next quarter.

This represents a 136.4% in quarter-over-quarter growth for Columbia Sportswear, a bullish signal to many investors.

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