Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook for Coty Q3 Earnings

Coty Inc. (NYSE:COTY) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Coty in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst V. Bagree now forecasts that the company will earn $0.08 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.07. The consensus estimate for Coty’s current full-year earnings is $0.51 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Coty’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.21 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.63 EPS.

Coty (NYSE:COTY) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by ($0.04). Coty had a net margin of 2.78% and a return on equity of 9.16%. The company had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.09 EPS. Coty’s quarterly revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on COTY. TD Cowen lowered shares of Coty from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $11.00 to $8.50 in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. DA Davidson reduced their price target on Coty from $14.50 to $12.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Coty from $11.00 to $10.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on Coty from $11.00 to $10.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price target on Coty from $10.50 to $10.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $11.56.

Coty Trading Up 1.8 %

Coty stock opened at $7.32 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $8.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $9.31. Coty has a 52 week low of $6.93 and a 52 week high of $13.30. The stock has a market cap of $6.37 billion, a PE ratio of 43.06, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Coty

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of COTY. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in Coty in the 3rd quarter worth $96,000. Neo Ivy Capital Management acquired a new stake in Coty during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,684,000. Barclays PLC increased its holdings in Coty by 147.1% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,165,806 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,947,000 after purchasing an additional 693,961 shares during the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd raised its position in shares of Coty by 211.6% in the 3rd quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 110,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,041,000 after purchasing an additional 75,247 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Coty by 2.3% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,043,208 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,696,000 after buying an additional 251,964 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.36% of the company’s stock.

Coty Company Profile

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.