Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Stock Buybacks: 36.5% of Shares Retired Since 2003

Name: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 76,099,5602026-07-24, 51,193,194

A share bought in 1999

1.5× more of Columbia Sportswear today, without buying another share. It was one of 76,099,560 shares then. It is one of 51,193,194 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-29	76,099,560	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-02-28	77,628,189	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-02-28	78,626,802	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-02-28	79,557,722	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-20	80,632,410	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-02-25	80,315,780	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-01	73,874,248	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-03-01	72,566,024	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	70,212,782	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-13	67,736,580	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-26	67,413,582	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	67,366,000	10-K
2011	2012-02-17	67,439,162	10-K
2012	2013-02-15	68,283,116	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	69,218,644	10-K
2014	2015-02-13	69,901,076	10-K
2015	2016-02-12	69,308,905	10-K
2016	2017-02-10	69,485,035	10-K
2017	2018-02-09	70,016,897	10-K
2018	2019-02-08	68,204,497	10-K
2019	2020-02-07	67,403,493	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	66,386,106	10-K
2021	2022-02-11	64,513,156	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	62,177,091	10-K
2023	2024-02-09	59,795,682	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	55,342,827	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	52,351,552	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Columbia Sportswear on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

Columbia Sportswear buybacks, answered

Is Columbia Sportswear buying back its stock?

Yes. Columbia Sportswear has 5.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 51,193,194 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 21.5%.

How many shares has Columbia Sportswear bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Columbia Sportswear has 29.4 million fewer shares than at its 2003 peak. That is 36.5% of the company.

How many shares does Columbia Sportswear have outstanding?

51,193,194 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2003 peak it had 80,632,410.

What do Columbia Sportswear's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Columbia Sportswear stock in 2003 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Columbia Sportswear compare with other cannibal stocks?

Columbia Sportswear ranks No. 56 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Jefferies (37.4%), Copart (37.3%), Aon (36.3%), CNX Resources (35.8%).

Every answer is computed from Columbia Sportswear's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Bragdon Peter JPresident2025-11-13, 300 shares at $54.40 $16K total

The story

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