Coats Group (COA) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Coats is a world-leading Tier 2 manufacturer and trusted partner for the apparel and footwear industries, delivering the essential materials, components, and software solutions that help our customers grow, compete and win. We help the apparel and footwear industry perform at its best through impactful sustainability solutions, insight-led innovation and industry-leading technology platforms. Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE 250 company and a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. In 2025, we generated $1.5 billion in revenue and employed 19,000 people worldwide — all united by a spirit of innovation, quality and service. Learn more at www.coats.com

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 83.70 to 85.10
• 50-Day Range: 79.20 to 95.10
• 52-Week Range: 71.10 to 98.10
• Volume: 2.30 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.37
• Dividend Yield: 3.02%
• Price Target: GBX 126.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Coats Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Coats Group scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Coats Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Coats Group has a consensus price target of GBX 126.67, representing about 50.1% upside from its current price of GBX 84.38.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Coats Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Coats Group is 14.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.43.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Coats Group is 14.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 72.60.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Coats Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.92. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Coats Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.24. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for COA.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Coats Group pays a meaningful dividend of 3.02%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Coats Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Coats Group is 54.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.36

News Sentiment

Coats Group has a news sentiment score of 1.36. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Coats Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Coats Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Coats Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.19% of the stock of Coats Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

65.15% of the stock of Coats Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Textile Manufacturing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:COA
• Previous Symbol: LON:GPG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.coats.com
• Phone: +44-20-82105000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 15,539
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Coats Group: GBX 126.67
• High Price Target: GBX 130
• Low Price Target: GBX 125
• Potential Upside/Downside: +50.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 5.87
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.71
• P/E Growth: 0.92
• Net Income: £75.12 million
• Net Margins: 7.06%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 18.86%
• Return on Assets: 8.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 157.67
• Current Ratio: 1.56
• Quick Ratio: 1.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.46 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.10
• Cash Flow: GBX 12.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.97
• Book Value: GBX 37.75 per share
• Price / Book: 2.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,914,362,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.62 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.28