Coty Inc. (COTY)Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | New York, United States | NYSE
2.36 USD
+0.05
(2.165%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.35 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 6:50 p.m. EDT
Coty is a textbook value trap masquerading as a deep-value opportunity. With a forward P/E of 6.3 and a price-to-book of 0.58, the stock looks cheap on paper, but the fundamentals tell a story of distress: negative net income, a current ratio below 0.8, and a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 80%. The lack of dividends, combined with active securities class action lawsuits alleging misleading guidance, makes this a high-risk environment for long-term investors. The options data confirms this skepticism; while retail speculators are buying long-dated calls on the off-chance of a miracle recovery, the heavy put volume near current prices suggests smart money is preparing for further downside. Avoid until the lawsuit landscape clears and the balance sheet is de-leveraged. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.242830 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.278424 |
| AutoETS | 0.278425 |
| MSTL | 0.287154 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 5.33 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.058 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.08 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2020-02-13 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2020-02-13 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 82.739 |
| Revenue per Share | 6.648 |
| Market Cap | 2,076,814,848 |
| Forward P/E | 6.36 |
| Beta | 0.97 |
| Profit Margins | -9.13% |
| Website | https://www.coty.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 6:50 p.m. EDT: Speculators are exhibiting a clear divergence between short-term hedging and long-term speculation. The near-term (April/May) options market shows heavy concentration of Put Open Interest (OI) at the $2.00 strike, indicating defensive positioning against a drop below current levels. Conversely, the longer-dated expirations (May 2026 through Jan 2028) show massive Call OI at significantly higher strikes ($5.00, $7.00), suggesting a 'lottery ticket' mentality where traders are betting on a multi-year turnaround rather than immediate price action. The low IV in far-dated calls compared to near-dated puts implies the market prices near-term risk higher than long-term upside potential.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-14 | 0.125 | 1.095530 |
| 2019-11-15 | 0.125 | 1.061031 |
| 2019-09-06 | 0.125 | 1.274211 |
| 2019-06-05 | 0.125 | 0.989341 |
| 2019-02-27 | 0.125 | 1.181533 |
| 2018-11-29 | 0.125 | 1.549714 |
| 2018-08-30 | 0.125 | 1.051818 |
| 2018-05-30 | 0.125 | 0.995604 |
| 2018-02-27 | 0.125 | 0.688020 |
| 2017-11-29 | 0.125 | 0.804002 |
| 2017-08-30 | 0.125 | 0.837326 |
| 2017-05-26 | 0.125 | 0.731720 |
| 2017-02-24 | 0.125 | 0.752427 |
| 2016-12-15 | 0.125 | 0.770254 |
| 2016-08-09 | 0.275 | 1.132200 |
| 2015-09-29 | 0.250 | 1.124474 |
| 2014-09-29 | 0.200 | 1.387002 |
| 2013-10-09 | 0.200 | 1.486890 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.50627613 |
| Address1 | 350 Fifth Avenue |
| All Time High | 32.72 |
| All Time Low | 1.95 |
| Ask | 2.38 |
| Ask Size | 77,100 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.1 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 7,833,280 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 8,606,764 |
| Average Volume | 8,606,764 |
| Average Volume10Days | 7,833,280 |
| Beta | 0.972 |
| Bid | 2.28 |
| Bid Size | 110,400 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 4.019 |
| 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 | 2.36 |
| Current Ratio | 0.791 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 2.425 |
| Day Low | 2.31 |
| Debt To Equity | 82.739 |
| 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 | 804,600,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.13855 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.614 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.916 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,321,715,200 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.27478 |
| Eps Forward | 0.37088 |
| 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 | 2.337 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.023000002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.009841679 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -50.627613 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.34 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.9800003 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5580525 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.95 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.40999985 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.21025632 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.95 - 5.34 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,371,130,200,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 4.28 |
| Float Shares | 375,102,711 |
| Forward Eps | 0.37088 |
| Forward P E | 6.3632436 |
| Free Cashflow | 381,137,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 11,636 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.63682 |
| Gross Profits | 3,698,200,064 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.59928 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.35097 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 880,006,359 |
| 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 | 2,076,814,848 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_795040 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -543,400,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,076,815,007 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 2.31 |
| Operating Cashflow | 585,600,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.09681 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.18 |
| Phone | 212 389 7300 |
| Post Market Change | -0.00999999 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.42372844 |
| Post Market Price | 2.35 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,385 |
| Previous Close | 2.31 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 8.588689 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.5872107 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.3576214 |
| Profit Margins | -0.0913 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.397 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.05556 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.05 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.1645 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.425 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.31 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.31 - 2.425 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.31 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.31 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.36 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,003 |
| Regular Market Volume | 7,085,719 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02027 |
| Return On Equity | -0.12592 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.005 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.648 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 880,006,359 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0448 |
| Shares Short | 39,464,286 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 31,318,764 |
| Short Name | Coty Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.104899995 |
| Short Ratio | 5.0 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | COTY |
| Target High Price | 8.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.18773 |
| Target Median Price | 2.5 |
| Total Cash | 436,700,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.496 |
| Total Debt | 3,263,800,064 |
| Total Revenue | 5,807,300,096 |
| 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 | 3.5558 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.1958001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.33629566 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 7,085,719 |
| Website | https://www.coty.com |
| Zip | 10,118 |