Coty Inc. (NYSE:COTY - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 earnings estimates for Coty in a report issued on Tuesday, May 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will earn $0.30 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.37. The consensus estimate for Coty's current full-year earnings is $0.39 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Coty's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.03 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.02 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.19 EPS.
COTY has been the topic of a number of other reports. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a "hold" rating and set a $5.00 target price (down from $8.00) on shares of Coty in a report on Thursday, May 8th. DA Davidson reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $12.50 price objective on shares of Coty in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on Coty from $8.00 to $6.50 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Raymond James downgraded Coty from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, BNP Paribas lowered Coty from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $5.65 price target on the stock. in a research report on Friday, April 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $7.80.
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Coty Stock Performance
Coty stock opened at $4.87 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $5.12 and a 200-day moving average of $6.24. The company has a market capitalization of $4.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -487.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.90. Coty has a 1 year low of $4.46 and a 1 year high of $10.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.71 and a quick ratio of 0.45.
Coty (NYSE:COTY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.05 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $1.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.31 billion. Coty had a return on equity of 6.34% and a net margin of 0.22%. The company's revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.05 EPS.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Jump Financial LLC bought a new stake in Coty in the fourth quarter valued at $873,000. Barclays PLC grew its stake in shares of Coty by 147.1% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,165,806 shares of the company's stock valued at $10,947,000 after buying an additional 693,961 shares during the period. Amundi grew its stake in shares of Coty by 1,990,624.9% in the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 4,479,131 shares of the company's stock valued at $30,503,000 after buying an additional 4,478,906 shares during the period. TCW Group Inc. increased its position in Coty by 44.1% in the 4th quarter. TCW Group Inc. now owns 304,797 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,121,000 after buying an additional 93,229 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Entropy Technologies LP increased its position in Coty by 137.4% in the 4th quarter. Entropy Technologies LP now owns 104,349 shares of the company's stock valued at $726,000 after buying an additional 60,400 shares in the last quarter. 42.36% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Coty Company Profile
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Coty Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells beauty products worldwide. It operates through Prestige and Consumer Beauty segments. The company provides fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care products. It offers Prestige segment products primarily through prestige retailers, including perfumeries, department stores, e-retailers, direct-to-consumer websites, and duty-free shops under the Burberry, Calvin Klein, Chloe, Davidoff, Escada, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Jil Sander, Joop!, Kylie Jenner, Lancaster, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Orveda, philosophy, SKKN BY KIM, and Tiffany & Co brands.
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