Zacks Research Has Positive Forecast for Coty Q3 Earnings

Coty Inc. (NYSE:COTY) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Coty in a report released on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst V. Bagree now anticipates that the company will earn $0.08 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.07. The consensus estimate for Coty’s current full-year earnings is $0.51 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Coty’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.21 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.63 EPS.

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

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on COTY. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Coty from $10.00 to $9.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on Coty from $12.00 to $11.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Citigroup lowered their target price on Coty from $10.50 to $10.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 14th. DA Davidson dropped their price target on Coty from $14.50 to $12.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Evercore ISI reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $15.00 price objective on shares of Coty in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $11.56.

Coty Trading Up 0.7 %

Coty stock opened at $7.19 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $8.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.29, a PEG ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.85. Coty has a 52 week low of $6.93 and a 52 week high of $13.30.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Coty

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of COTY. M&G Plc grew its position in Coty by 41.4% in the second quarter. M&G Plc now owns 509,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,097,000 after acquiring an additional 149,351 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its holdings in shares of Coty by 733.0% during the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,900,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,038,000 after purchasing an additional 1,671,897 shares during the last quarter. Compass Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Coty by 12.6% during the 3rd quarter. Compass Wealth Management LLC now owns 590,725 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,547,000 after purchasing an additional 65,900 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its stake in 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 last quarter. Finally, B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG acquired a new stake in Coty in the third quarter valued at approximately $3,681,000. Institutional investors own 42.36% of the company’s stock.

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.