Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Competitors

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Under Armour (NYSE:UA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is COLM or UA more profitable?

Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.42% compared to Under Armour's net margin of -0.27%. Under Armour's return on equity of 13.20% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Columbia Sportswear	6.42%	12.48%	8.29%
Under Armour	-0.27%	13.20%	5.60%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, COLM or UA?

Columbia Sportswear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Under Armour. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Columbia Sportswear	$3.49B	1.31	$251.40M	$3.62	22.13
Under Armour	$5.70B	0.63	$232.04M	-$0.04	-208.00

Do analysts prefer COLM or UA?

Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.87%. Under Armour has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Under Armour's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Columbia Sportswear	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Under Armour	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of COLM or UA?

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Under Armour shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COLM or UA?

Columbia Sportswear received 120 more outperform votes than Under Armour when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.51% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Columbia Sportswear	Outperform Votes 486 57.04%	Underperform Votes 366 42.96%
Under Armour	Outperform Votes 366 61.51%	Underperform Votes 229 38.49%

Does the media refer more to COLM or UA?

In the previous week, Under Armour had 1 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Under Armour and 8 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Under Armour's score of -0.08 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Columbia Sportswear	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Under Armour	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, COLM or UA?

Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats Under Armour on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.