Better Buy: Columbia Sportswear or VF Corporation?

Better Buy: Columbia Sportswear or VF Corporation?

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ: COLM) and VF (NYSE: VFC), leaders in the outdoor apparel industry, have each seen their stocks hurt by COVID-induced lockdowns and economic slowdown. Columbia Sportswear is small compared to rival VF, about a tenth the size by market capitalization. It also only manages four brands compared to VF's 19.