Zacks Research Has Bearish Estimate for Coty Q2 Earnings

Coty Inc. (NYSE:COTY) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Coty in a research note issued on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst V. Bagree now expects that the company will earn $0.21 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.22. The consensus estimate for Coty’s current full-year earnings is $0.51 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Coty’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.07 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.57 EPS.

Coty (NYSE:COTY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.19 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.67 billion. Coty had a return on equity of 9.16% and a net margin of 2.78%. Coty’s quarterly revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.09 earnings per share.

COTY has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on Coty from $11.00 to $10.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Coty from $10.50 to $10.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 14th. Raymond James lowered their price objective on shares of Coty from $13.00 to $11.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $14.00 target price on shares of Coty in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of Coty from $10.00 to $9.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $11.56.

Coty Stock Down 1.7 %

NYSE COTY opened at $7.40 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $8.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.26. Coty has a one year low of $6.93 and a one year high of $13.30. The firm has a market cap of $6.44 billion, a PE ratio of 43.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.73 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.55.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Coty

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. M&G Plc boosted its holdings in shares of Coty by 41.4% in the 2nd quarter. M&G Plc now owns 509,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,097,000 after buying an additional 149,351 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in Coty by 733.0% in the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,900,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,038,000 after acquiring an additional 1,671,897 shares during the last quarter. Compass Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Coty by 12.6% in the 3rd quarter. Compass Wealth Management LLC now owns 590,725 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,547,000 after acquiring an additional 65,900 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG acquired a new position in shares of Coty during the 3rd quarter worth about $3,681,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its holdings in shares of Coty by 11.3% in the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 6,450,073 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,566,000 after purchasing an additional 656,952 shares during the period. 42.36% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.