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COTY INC.
COTY
$2.3B
Mkt Cap
$2.65
+1.92%
COTY INC. (COTY) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 2.9%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
COTY INC. (COTY) has a market capitalization of $2.3B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, COTY INC. (COTY) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 0.57%.
COTY INC. (COTY) operates in the Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations industry, within the Consumer Defensive sector.
COTY INC. (COTY) reported annual revenue of $5.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
COTY INC. (COTY) has a net profit margin of -6.5%. The company is currently unprofitable.
COTY INC. (COTY) generated $278 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Coty Inc., founded in 1904, is one of the world's largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio spanning fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care across both owned and licensed brands. The company operates through two reportable segments—Prestige and Consumer Beauty—serving approximately 123 countries and territories through a balanced multi-channel distribution strategy that includes traditional retail, e-commerce, and Travel Retail channels. Coty's business model centers on leveraging its leadership position in global fragrances across price points from mass to ultra-premium, while expanding into adjacent categories such as fragrance mists and body mists, and pursuing skincare as a strategic focus area. The company employs dedicated local sales forces and marketing teams in significant markets, utilizing brand and market data analytics, artificial intelligence tools, and relationships with celebrities, influencers and brand ambassadors to drive brand awareness, consumer engagement, and marketing efficiency. Coty's competitive differentiation rests on its fragrance innovation, licensing, and manufacturing capabilities, combined with its ability to operate across multiple price tiers and distribution channels while maintaining brand equity and pursuing operational improvements in inventory management, forecast accuracy, and profitability.
【Inventory normalization and margin recovery】 Management expects retailer inventory destocking to conclude by the end of calendar 2025, after which the company anticipates a return to synchronized sell-in and sell-out dynamics entering calendar 2026. The company is implementing strategic initiatives to improve gross margin, including streamlined innovation bundles with sharper SKU assortment, enhanced forecast accuracy through new forecasting tools, and reduced excess and obsolescence, with material improvements expected to materialize in fiscal 2027. Prestige fragrance continues to demonstrate strength and market growth, while Consumer Beauty is undergoing a strategic reset focused on agile innovation and profitability improvement, with the company maintaining disciplined revenue management and strict working capital discipline. Free cash flow is expected to grow in fiscal 2026 as destocking headwinds abate and operational improvements take hold, supported by the company's focus on deleveraging and refinancing its balance sheet.
No forward guidance provided.
Generated solely from the company's own reports listed below — not from third-party data. Hallucination risk is low. · Sources: 10-K, Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call, Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.8B | 5.9B | 6.1B | 5.6B | 5.3B | 4.6B |
| Net Income | -546M | -381M | 76M | 495M | 260M | -304M |
| EPS | $-0.62 | $-0.44 | $0.09 | $0.57 | $0.08 | $-0.40 |
| Free Cash Flow | 310M | 278M | 369M | 403M | 553M | 145M |
| ROIC | -0.3% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 1.9% | -0.5% |
| Gross Margin | 63.2% | 64.8% | 64.4% | 63.9% | 63.5% | 59.8% |
| Debt/Equity | 1.03 | 1.12 | 1.00 | 1.11 | 1.41 | 1.90 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.03 |
| Operating Income | -23M | 241M | 547M | 544M | 241M | -49M |
| Operating Margin | -0.4% | 4.1% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 4.5% | -1.0% |
| ROE | -17.7% | -10.3% | 2.0% | 14.2% | 8.6% | -10.4% |
| Shares Outstanding | 880M | 866M | 847M | 868M | 3,244M | 759M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | -69M | N/A | -82M | 7.7B | 6.8B | 6.3B | 4.7B | 4.6B | 5.3B | 5.6B | 6.1B | 5.9B | 5.8B |
| Gross Margin | -3921.0% | N/A | -3178.4% | 60.4% | 60.3% | 60.3% | 57.8% | 59.8% | 63.5% | 63.9% | 64.4% | 64.8% | 63.2% |
| R&D | N/A | 47M | 48M | 139M | 108M | 99M | 93M | 97M | 97M | 105M | 127M | 123M | 123M |
| SG&A | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 4.0B | 3.8B | 3.5B | 3.1B | 2.4B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 3.2B | 3.1B | 3.1B |
| EBIT | -7.5M | 395M | 229M | -421M | -156M | -3.7B | -1.2B | -49M | 241M | 544M | 547M | 241M | -23M |
| Op. Margin | 10.9% | N/A | -280.1% | -5.5% | -2.3% | -58.7% | -26.2% | -1.0% | 4.5% | 9.8% | 8.9% | 4.1% | -0.4% |
| Net Income | -97M | 233M | 157M | -422M | -169M | -3.8B | -1.0B | -304M | 260M | 495M | 76M | -381M | -546M |
| Net Margin | 142.2% | N/A | -191.6% | -5.5% | -2.5% | -60.2% | -21.5% | -6.6% | 4.9% | 8.9% | 1.2% | -6.5% | -9.4% |
| Non-Recurring | 294M | 83M | 112M | 378M | 106M | 3.3B | 347M | 64M | 6.5M | 6.5M | 37M | 77M | 2.4M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | -0.2% | 12.8% | 6.2% | -4.1% | -1.0% | -26.8% | -8.8% | -0.5% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 4.3% | 3.3% | -0.3% |
| ROE | -8.3% | 25.6% | 23.6% | -8.7% | -1.9% | -56.3% | -26.7% | -10.4% | 8.6% | 14.2% | 2.0% | -10.3% | -17.7% |
| ROA | -1.5% | 3.7% | 2.4% | -2.9% | -0.7% | -18.8% | -5.9% | -2.0% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 0.6% | -3.2% | -5.3% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 537M | 526M | 501M | 758M | 414M | 640M | -51M | 319M | 727M | 626M | 615M | 493M | 505M |
| Free Cash Flow | 335M | 355M | 351M | 325M | -33M | 213M | -318M | 145M | 553M | 403M | 369M | 278M | 310M |
| Owner Earnings | 239M | 265M | 247M | 178M | -354M | -111M | -797M | -297M | 15M | 63M | 105M | 23M | 1.7M |
| CapEx | 202M | 171M | 150M | 432M | 446M | 427M | 267M | 174M | 174M | 223M | 245M | 215M | 195M |
| Maint. CapEx | 251M | 231M | 232M | 555M | 737M | 736M | 717M | 585M | 516M | 427M | 421M | 420M | 459M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 251M | 231M | 232M | 555M | 737M | 736M | 717M | 585M | 516M | 427M | 421M | 420M | 459M |
| CapEx/OCF | 37.6% | 32.5% | 29.9% | 57.1% | 107.9% | 66.7% | N/A | 54.6% | 24.0% | 35.6% | 39.9% | 43.6% | 38.5% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 77M | 71M | 89M | 373M | 375M | 345M | 195M | 26M | 57M | 14M | 13M | 13M | 13M |
| Dividend Yield | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 4.4% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Share Buybacks | 100M | 263M | 795M | 36M | 0 | 0 | 4.5M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 351M | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 1.9% | 2.6% | 10.1% | 0.3% | N/A | N/A | 0.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 47M | 31M | 22M | 25M | 31M | 15M | 30M | 30M | 196M | 136M | 89M | 50M | 45M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 785M | 2.5B | 136M | 6.5B | 190M | 4.0B | 3.6B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 2.7B | 2.1B | 2.1B |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 2.1B | 2.3B | 3.7B | 6.6B | 7.2B | 7.3B | 7.8B | 5.2B | 4.2B | 4.0B | 3.5B | 3.7B | 2.9B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 1.2B | 341M | 372M | 535M | 332M | 340M | 308M | 254M | 233M | 247M | 301M | 257M | 257M |
| Long-Term Debt | 3.3B | 2.6B | 3.9B | 6.9B | 7.3B | 7.5B | 7.9B | 5.4B | 4.4B | 4.2B | 3.8B | 4.0B | 3.2B |
| Debt/Equity | 3.93 | 2.74 | 11.43 | 0.77 | 0.85 | 1.67 | 2.69 | 1.90 | 1.41 | 1.11 | 1.00 | 1.12 | 1.03 |
| Interest Coverage | -0.1 | 5.5 | 2.0 | -1.9 | -0.7 | -14.6 | -5.3 | -0.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Equity | 844M | 970M | 360M | 9.3B | 8.8B | 4.6B | 3.0B | 2.9B | 3.2B | 3.8B | 3.8B | 3.5B | 3.1B |
| Total Assets | 6.6B | 6.0B | 7.0B | 22.5B | 22.6B | 17.7B | 16.7B | 13.7B | 12.1B | 12.7B | 12.1B | 11.9B | 10.2B |
| Total Liabilities | 5.6B | 4.9B | 6.6B | 12.7B | 13.1B | 12.7B | 12.7B | 9.5B | 8.6B | 8.4B | 7.8B | 8.0B | 6.7B |
| Intangibles | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 8.4B | 8.3B | 4.5B | 4.4B | 4.5B | 3.9B | 3.8B | 3.6B | 3.2B | 2.9B |
| Retained Earnings | -426M | -194M | -37M | -459M | -626M | -4.5B | -5.5B | -5.8B | -5.5B | -5.0B | -4.9B | -5.3B | -5.7B |
| Working Capital | 1.2B | 330M | 83M | -222M | -393M | -204M | 2.9B | -632M | -884M | -685M | -638M | -585M | -421M |
| Current Assets | 2.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 3.6B | 3.7B | 3.3B | 6.5B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 1.9B |
| Current Liabilities | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.9B | 3.8B | 4.0B | 3.5B | 3.6B | 2.4B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.5B | 2.4B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -0.26 | 0.64 | 0.44 | -0.66 | -0.23 | -5.04 | -1.33 | -0.40 | 0.08 | 0.57 | 0.09 | -0.44 | -0.62 |
| Owner EPS | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.28 | -0.48 | -0.15 | -1.05 | -0.39 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Book Value | 2.25 | 2.67 | 1.01 | 14.56 | 12.06 | 6.11 | 3.94 | 3.77 | 0.97 | 4.39 | 4.52 | 4.09 | 3.51 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 1.43 | 1.45 | 1.41 | 1.18 | 0.56 | 0.85 | -0.07 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.57 | -0.10 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Shares Out. | 374.6M | 363.3M | 356.6M | 639.7M | 733.9M | 750.8M | 761.8M | 759.0M | 3.2B | 868.4M | 846.7M | 866.1M | 880.0M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | 43.7 | 50.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 100.0 | 21.4 | 111.3 | N/A | -4.3 |
| P/FCF | 16.0 | 28.6 | 22.4 | 33.2 | N/A | 45.7 | N/A | 47.3 | 47.0 | 26.3 | 23.0 | 14.4 | 7.5 |
| EV/EBIT | 289.7 | 31.6 | 45.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42.0 | 26.5 | 21.5 | 30.9 | N/A |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Price/Sales | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| FCF Yield | 6.2% | 3.5% | 4.5% | 3.0% | -0.3% | 2.2% | -10.0% | 2.1% | 9.0% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 7.0% | 13.3% |
| Market Cap | 5.4B | 10.2B | 7.9B | 10.8B | 9.5B | 9.7B | 3.2B | 6.8B | 6.1B | 10.6B | 8.5B | 4.0B | 2.3B |
| Avg. Price | 13.41 | 17.77 | 23.88 | 18.73 | 15.94 | 10.39 | 8.91 | 6.35 | 8.61 | 9.26 | 11.38 | 7.16 | 2.65 |
| Year-End Price | 14.34 | 27.95 | 22.05 | 16.86 | 12.91 | 12.95 | 4.18 | 9.02 | 8.00 | 12.21 | 10.02 | 4.61 | 2.65 |
COTY INC. passes 4 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 6.0x vs a median of 29.7x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 2.9% with a gross margin of 63.3%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 0.6%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +30.2%.
COTY INC. (COTY) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.12. This indicates moderate leverage.
COTY INC. (COTY) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.44 in its most recent fiscal year.
COTY INC. (COTY) has a return on equity (ROE) of -10.3%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
COTY INC. (COTY) has a 5-year average gross margin of 63.3%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 14 years of financial data for COTY INC. (COTY), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
COTY INC. (COTY) has a book value per share of $4.09, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
Based on recent SEC filings and earnings disclosures, Management expects retailer inventory destocking to conclude by the end of calendar 2025, after which the company anticipates a return to synchronized sell-in and sell-out dynamics entering calendar 2026. The company is implementing strategic initiatives to improve gross margin, including streamlined innovation bundles with sharper SKU assortment, enhanced forecast accuracy through new forecasting tools, and reduced excess and obsolescence, with material improvements expected to materialize in fiscal 2027. Prestige fragrance continues to demonstrate strength and market growth, while Consumer Beauty is undergoing a strategic reset focused on agile innovation and profitability improvement, with the company maintaining disciplined revenue management and strict working capital discipline. Free cash flow is expected to grow in fiscal 2026 as destocking headwinds abate and operational improvements take hold, supported by the company's focus on deleveraging and refinancing its balance sheet.