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About: Coty is a global beauty maker that focuses on fragrance (59% of sales) and color cosmetics (28%), with limited exposure to skincare (5%) and body care (8%). For the fragrance business, Coty licenses luxury and high-end brands including Gucci, Burberry, Hugo Boss, Davidoff, and Calvin Klein, while its consumer cosmetics business focuses on acquired mass brands such as CoverGirl, Max Factor, Rimmel, Sally Hansen, and Bourjois. It also collaborates with social media celebrity Kylie Jenner to launch makeup products bearing her name. By region, Coty generates close to 44% of sales from Europe, 42% from the Americas, and 14% from Asia-Pacific. German investment firm JAB is a controlling shareholder, with a 53% stake.
Employees: 11,791
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
103% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.52M | Put options by funds: $1.24M
27% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 123 | Existing positions reduced: 97
0.51% less ownership
Funds ownership: 40.47% [Q4 2024] → 39.95% (-0.51%) [Q1 2025]
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 344 [Q4 2024] → 318 (-26) [Q1 2025]
22% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.45B [Q4 2024] → $1.9B (-$545M) [Q1 2025]
32% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 50 | Existing positions closed: 73
33% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 2 (-1) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Citigroup Filippo Falorni | 28%upside $6.50 | Buy Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
RBC Capital Nik Modi | 137%upside $12 | Outperform Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira | 1%downside $5 | Neutral Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Patty Kanada | 19%upside $6 | Neutral Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Canaccord Genuity Susan Anderson | 1%downside $5 | Hold Downgraded | 8 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about COTY published over the past 30 days
