Coty (COTY)

• Market cap: $4.84B
• 1 day: 1.65%
• 5 days: -0.54%
• 1 month: -2.97%
• 3 months: -20.60%
• 6 months: -41.64%
• Year to date: -19.10%
• 1 year: -53.05%
• 5 years: -12.04%
• 10 years: -77.18%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations

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 celebrities Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner to launch makeup products bearing their names. 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 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

47% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $8.13M | Put options by funds: $5.55M

41% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 72 | Existing positions closed: 51

30% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 121 | Existing positions reduced: 93

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 325 [Q3] → 342 (+17) [Q4]

1.13% more ownership

Funds ownership: 39.33% [Q3] → 40.47% (+1.13%) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 3 (+0) [Q4]

24% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.21B [Q3] → $2.45B (-$756M) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $5 10% downside
• Avg. target: $8.55 54% upside
• High target: $13 134% upside

11 analyst ratings

• positive: 6 55%
• neutral: 4 36%
• negative: 1 9%

Barclays Lauren Lieberman 44% 1-year accuracy 43 / 97 met price target	10% downside $5	Underweight Maintained	27 Mar 2025
Citigroup Filippo Falorni 40% 1-year accuracy 8 / 20 met price target	44% upside $8	Buy Upgraded	20 Mar 2025
Piper Sandler Korinne Wolfmeyer 28% 1-year accuracy 13 / 47 met price target	44% upside $8	Overweight Maintained	24 Feb 2025
RBC Capital Nik Modi 41% 1-year accuracy 16 / 39 met price target	134% upside $13	Outperform Reiterated	12 Feb 2025
Goldman Sachs Patty Kanada 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 3 met price target	44% upside $8	Neutral Maintained	12 Feb 2025