Columbia Sportswear — Feb 4, 2025 release
Fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001050797-25-000006
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Diluted earnings per share
“$0.62 to $0.70”
Period
Q1 FY2025
Measure
GAAP-tied
Source
Prose
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Operating margin for FY2025
“7.7 to 8.3 percent”
Diluted earnings per share for FY2025
“$3.80 to $4.15”
Quarterly cash dividend for Q1 FY2025
“$0.30 per share”
Regular quarterly cash dividend
“$0.30 per share”
Gross margin for FY2025
“expand 80 basis points to approximately 51 percent of net sales”
Gross margin expansion for FY2025
“80 basis points”
SG&A expenses, as a percent of net sales for FY2025
“43.4 to 44.1 percent”
Effective income tax rate for FY2025
“24.0 to 25.0 percent”
Operating cash flow for FY2025
“at least $250 million”
Capital expenditures for FY2025
“$60 to $80 million”
Net sales for FY2025
“$1,352 to $1,378 million”
Net sales for Q1 FY2025
“$749 to $764 million”
Operating margin for Q1 FY2025
“5.4 to 6.0 percent”
Diluted earnings per share for Q1 FY2025
“$0.62 to $0.70”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
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First Quarter 2025 Financial Outlook • Net sales are expected to be $749 to $764 million, representing a decline of 3 to 1 percent from $770 million for the comparable period in 2024. • Operating margin is expected to be 5.4 to 6.0 percent, compared to operating margin of 5.8 percent in the comparable period in 2024. • Diluted earnings per share is expected to be $0.62 to $0.70, compared to $0.71 for the comparable period in 2024. 4 Conference Call The Company will hold its fourth quarter 2024 conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET today. Dial (888) 506-0062 to participate. The call will also be webcast live on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investor.columbia.com . First Quarter 2025 Reporting Date The Company plans to report first quarter 2025 financial results on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET. Supplemental Financial Information Since Columbia Sportswear Company is a global company, the comparability of its operating results reported in United States dollars is affected by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations because the underlying currencies in which it transacts change in value over time compared to the United States dollar. To supplement financial information reported in accordance with GAAP, the Company discloses constant-currency net sales information, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, to provide a framework to assess how the business performed excluding the effects of changes in the exchange rates used to translate net sales generated in foreign currencies into United States dollars. Th
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