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Coty Inc. (COTY)

Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | New York, United States | NYSE
2.43 USD +0.17 (7.778%) ⇧ (July 15, 2026, 10:20 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:50 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Coty is currently broken by a severe structural decline. The stock has lost over 81% of its value over the last nine years, with the most recent annual performance showing another nearly 50% drop. This is not a temporary correction; it is a multi-year deterioration where the market has repeatedly rejected the business's ability to generate value. Fundamentally, the company is bleeding cash, with negative profit margins and a return on equity of -13.9%. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying nearly $3.4 billion in debt against only $257 million in cash, resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of 97.8. While the forward P/E looks attractive at 6.5x, this is a classic value trap: the low multiple reflects the certainty of continued earnings destruction and the risk of further dilution or distress, not a margin of safety. The recent news of exiting the Gucci Beauty license confirms a strategic retreat rather than a turnaround. With no dividend to provide income and a trajectory that suggests the core business is failing to compete, the rational assessment is to avoid the stock entirely until there is concrete evidence of a sustainable recovery in both revenue and profitability.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.156067
AutoTheta0.158882
MSTL0.317229
AutoARIMA0.336725

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 3.48
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.087
Excess Kurtosis -0.59
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2020-02-13
Last Dividend Date 2020-02-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 97.81
Revenue per Share 6.613
Market Cap 2,135,131,008
Forward P/E 6.99
Beta 0.99
Profit Margins -9.20%
Website https://www.coty.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:50 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for continued volatility rather than a clear directional breakout. Call volume is heavily skewed toward deep out-of-the-money strikes (e.g., $5.00, $7.00) across distant expirations, suggesting a speculative hope for a massive recovery to historical highs. However, put open interest remains significant at the $3.00 strike, acting as a barrier. The lack of aggressive buying at near-term out-of-the-money levels indicates the market does not currently price in an immediate bounce to the $3.00–$4.00 range.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2020-02-14 0.125 1.095530
2019-11-15 0.125 1.049538
2019-09-06 0.125 1.247505
2019-06-05 0.125 0.956389
2019-02-27 0.125 1.131222
2018-11-29 0.125 1.467136
2018-08-30 0.125 0.981162
2018-05-30 0.125 0.919794
2018-02-27 0.125 0.629723
2017-11-29 0.125 0.731422
2017-08-30 0.125 0.756201
2017-05-26 0.125 0.655824
2017-02-24 0.125 0.669882
2016-12-15 0.125 0.681199
2016-08-09 0.275 0.994575
2015-09-29 0.250 0.978091
2014-09-29 0.200 1.194743
2013-10-09 0.200 1.265823
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2020-02-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.125
lastDividendDate 2020-02-14
dividendDate 2020-03-27

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.546371
Address1 350 Fifth Avenue
All Time High 32.72
All Time Low 1.82
Ask 2.39
Ask Size 11,200
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 3.1 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 12,216,570
Average Daily Volume3 Month 11,542,432
Average Volume 11,542,432
Average Volume10Days 12,216,570
Beta 0.987
Bid 2.41
Bid Size 7,400
Board Risk 5
Book Value 3.513
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.425
Current Ratio 0.821
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 2.435
Day Low 2.25
Debt To Equity 97.81
Display Name Coty
Dividend Date 1,585,267,200
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,068,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,068,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,011,200
Ebitda 812,400,000
Ebitda Margins 0.14032
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.843
Enterprise To Revenue 0.96
Enterprise Value 5,559,249,408
Eps Current Year 0.22627
Eps Forward 0.3469
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.62
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,581,638,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.1218
Fifty Day Average Change 0.3032
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.14289755
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -54.6371
Fifty Two Week High 5.18
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.7549999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.53185326
Fifty Two Week Low 1.82
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.6049999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.33241752
Fifty Two Week Range 1.82 - 5.18
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,371,130,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.28
Float Shares 375,562,959
Forward Eps 0.3469
Forward P E 6.990487
Free Cashflow 402,875,008
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 11,636
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.63197
Gross Profits 3,659,000,064
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.59903
Held Percent Institutions 0.37775
Implied Shares Outstanding 880,466,438
Industry Household & Personal Products
Industry Disp Household & Personal Products
Industry Key household-personal-products
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,581,638,400
Last Dividend Value 0.125
Last Fiscal Year End 1,751,241,600
Long Business Summary Coty Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells branded beauty products worldwide. It operates through two segments: the Prestige and Consumer Beauty. The company provides fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care products. It offers prestige products 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, Etro, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Infiniment Coty Paris, Jil Sander, Joop!, Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner, Lancaster, Marc Jacobs, Orveda, philosophy, and Tiffany & Co. brands. The company provides beauty products through hypermarkets, supermarkets, drug stores, pharmacies, mid-tier department stores, traditional food and drug retailers, and e-commerce retailers under the Adidas, Beckham, Bozzano, Bourjois, Bruno Banani, CoverGirl, Jovan, LeGer by Lena Gercke, Max Factor, Mexx, Monange, Nautica, Paixao, Rimmel, Risque, Vera Wang, and Sally Hansen brands. It also sells its products through third-party distributors. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Coty Inc. is a subsidiary of JAB Beauty B.V.
Long Name Coty Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,135,131,008
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_795040
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -545,800,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,981,049,485
Number Of Analyst Opinions 14
Open 2.26
Operating Cashflow 505,000,000
Operating Margins -0.00624
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.18
Phone 212 389 7300
Previous Close 2.25
Price Eps Current Year 10.717284
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.6902932
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.36877456
Profit Margins -0.09199
Quick Ratio 0.349
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.05882
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.17499995
Regular Market Change Percent 7.7777762
Regular Market Day High 2.435
Regular Market Day Low 2.25
Regular Market Day Range 2.25 - 2.435
Regular Market Open 2.26
Regular Market Previous Close 2.25
Regular Market Price 2.425
Regular Market Time 1,784,125,255
Regular Market Volume 2,033,687
Return On Assets 0.02037
Return On Equity -0.13938
Revenue Growth -0.013
Revenue Per Share 6.613
Sand P52 Week Change 0.2043345
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 880,466,438
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.060500003
Shares Short 53,256,822
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 43,246,477
Short Name Coty Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.14130001
Short Ratio 3.19
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol COTY
Target High Price 8.0
Target Low Price 1.5
Target Mean Price 3.13286
Target Median Price 2.55
Total Cash 257,100,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.292
Total Debt 3,424,999,936
Total Revenue 5,789,799,936
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.62
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.8319
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.40689993
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.14368443
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,033,687
Website https://www.coty.com
Zip 10,118