Coty (COTY)

• Market cap: $4.3B
• 1 day: 0.60%
• 5 days: 2.43%
• 1 month: -7.68%
• 3 months: -32.49%
• 6 months: -33.90%
• Year to date: -26.38%
• 1 year: -55.86%
• 5 years: -7.34%
• 10 years: -78.88%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Household & Personal Products

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 disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

47% more call options, than puts

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

43% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 73 | Existing positions closed: 51

33% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 122 | Existing positions reduced: 92

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 324 [Q3] → 343 (+19) [Q4]

1.26% more ownership

Funds ownership: 39.2% [Q3] → 40.47% (+1.26%) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

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

23% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.19B [Q3] → $2.45B (-$746M) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $4.50 11% downside
• Avg. target: $7.73 53% upside
• High target: $13 157% upside

13 analyst ratings

• positive: 6 46%
• neutral: 5 38%
• negative: 2 15%

Wells Fargo Chris Carey 43% 1-year accuracy 22 / 51 met price target	1% downside $5	Equal-Weight Maintained	16 Apr 2025
B of A Securities Olivia Tong 43% 1-year accuracy 6 / 14 met price target	11% downside $4.50	Underperform Downgraded	15 Apr 2025
Barclays Lauren Lieberman 58% 1-year accuracy 51 / 88 met price target	11% downside $4.50	Underweight Maintained	11 Apr 2025
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 53% 1-year accuracy 34 / 64 met price target	19% upside $6	Neutral Maintained	11 Apr 2025
Stifel Mark Astrachan 43% 1-year accuracy 12 / 28 met price target	29% upside $6.50	Hold Maintained	10 Apr 2025