Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
71/100RyuScore 71 out of 100, Above average
71
Above average. Columbia Sportswear Company scores higher than 86% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.
Consumer Cyclical median 61 · all companies 50
Valuation
26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps
72median 13
Columbia Sportswear Company is valued at 12.7x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
12.7x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
82median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 16% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
16%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 12%
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps
7median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 4 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
-3.8%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps
100median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 3.9% a year over 5 years: buybacks
100
5%
-3%
-3.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 0.6% a year, sales 6.3%
100
12%
-2%
-5.7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps
97median 62
Today's operating margin of 7.5% is 0.72x its normal 10%: below its usual level, with room to recover. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.7x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 7.5%
Balance sheet
Taken out: its 8% is shared by the others
n/ano data
No debt or interest figures on file.
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
87median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.16x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.6% of assets
78
8%
0%
-8%
-3.6%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.69
84
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.69
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For COLM, balance sheet could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.