Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Coty Inc. COTY
$2.66 +0.38% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.34B
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 39.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Over the past year the stock returned -33.0%, behind the S&P 500 by 48.1 percentage points.
- The stock is 40% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 41%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 24%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 29%
- Gross marginTop 15%
- Operating marginBottom 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverBottom 25%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 10%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 16%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 13%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 14%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 9%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.6% | -1.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 64.8% | 59.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 5.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.7% | 6.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.5% | -3.6% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| Gross margin | 59.1% | 64.8% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 4.1% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Net margin | -10.4% | -6.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.0% | 4.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.6% | — | Bottom 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.5% | — | Bottom 41% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -18.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 39.58×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.56%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.56%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 20, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $2.67
- Target vs current price
- +0.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 24%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | -224.7% | +10.6% | -2.6% | -4.0% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -3070.3% | +5.8% | -3.7% | -17.4% | +11.2% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -22.2% | -8.2% | -26.2% | -30.0% | -28.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -20.0% | -1.3% | -6.8% | -10.2% | -15.4% |
| Aug 20, 2025 | -600.0% | -0.6% | -24.5% | -11.7% | -22.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | -80.0% | +0.2% | -2.9% | -3.7% | -6.0% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | -47.6% | +0.1% | -17.5% | -10.9% | -23.5% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -21.1% | -1.5% | -0.9% | +1.7% | -7.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.01 | -224.7% | $1.27B |
| May 5, 2026 | -$0.03 | $0.00 | -3070.3% | $1.28B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.18 | -22.2% | $1.68B |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.15 | -20.0% | $1.58B |
| Aug 20, 2025 | -$0.05 | $0.01 | -600.0% | $1.25B |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.01 | $0.05 | -80.0% | $1.30B |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.21 | -47.6% | $1.67B |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.15 | $0.19 | -21.1% | $1.67B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 8.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 68.1× | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| EV / Sales | 0.96× | — | — | Top 40% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.87% | — | — | Top 10% |
| Earnings yield | -26.18% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 18.7× – 125.1× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 9
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +4.9%
- RSI (14)
- 49.5
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 78th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.11
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -86.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2024 | Jun 4, 2026 | -86.1% | 569 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 15, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | -45.4% | 131 days | 181 days (Feb 13, 2023) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | -30.2% | 78 days | 80 days (Feb 23, 2024) |
| May 7, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | -27.8% | 114 days | 14 days (Nov 8, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -22.5% | 16 days | 5 days (Nov 6, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.34B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.70
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.81B
- 52-week range
- $1.82 – $4.47
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.30B | $5.55B | $6.12B | $5.89B | $5.81B |
| Gross profit | $3.38B | $3.55B | $3.94B | $3.82B | $3.65B |
| Operating income | $240.9M | $543.7M | $546.7M | $241.1M | -$81.5M |
| Net income | $259.5M | $508.2M | $89.4M | -$367.9M | -$604.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.31 | $0.56 | $0.09 | -$0.44 | -$0.70 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.67B | $1.67B | $1.30B | $1.25B | $1.58B | $1.68B | $1.28B | $1.27B |
| Net income | $82.9M | $23.7M | -$405.7M | -$68.8M | $67.9M | -$123.6M | -$408.1M | -$141.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.09 | $0.02 | -$0.47 | -$0.08 | $0.07 | -$0.14 | -$0.47 | -$0.16 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $726.6M | $625.7M | $614.6M | $492.6M | $537.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$174.1M | -$222.8M | -$245.2M | -$215.0M | -$189.6M |
| Free cash flow | $552.5M | $402.9M | $369.4M | $277.6M | $348.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$57.2M | -$13.7M | -$13.4M | -$13.3M | -$13.2M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $900,000 | $355.9M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $188.9M
- Total assets
- $10.20B
- Total liabilities
- $6.96B
- Total debt
- $3.44B
- Net debt
- $3.25B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.99B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 20, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2020 | $0.13 | Mar 27, 2020 |
| Nov 15, 2019 | $0.13 | Dec 27, 2019 |
| Sep 6, 2019 | $0.13 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Jun 5, 2019 | $0.13 | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Feb 27, 2019 | $0.13 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Nov 29, 2018 | $0.13 | Dec 14, 2018 |
| Aug 30, 2018 | $0.13 | Sep 14, 2018 |
| May 30, 2018 | $0.13 | Jun 14, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 48,694,415
- Days to cover
- 9.92
- Change vs previous report
- +5.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.