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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 filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
47% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $8.13M | Put options by funds: $5.55M
45% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 71 | Existing positions closed: 49
32% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 121 | Existing positions reduced: 92
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 325 [Q3] → 339 (+14) [Q4]
1.11% more ownership
Funds ownership: 39.34% [Q3] → 40.45% (+1.11%) [Q4]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 3 (+0) [Q4]
24% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.21B [Q3] → $2.45B (-$758M) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Nik Modi 43% 1-year accuracy 17 / 40 met price target | 128%upside $13 | Outperform Reiterated | 12 Feb 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Patty Kanada 33% 1-year accuracy 1 / 3 met price target | 40%upside $8 | Neutral Maintained | 12 Feb 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Robert Ottenstein 37% 1-year accuracy 7 / 19 met price target | 75%upside $10 | Outperform Maintained | 12 Feb 2025 |
Canaccord Genuity Susan Anderson 24% 1-year accuracy 8 / 33 met price target | 40%upside $8 | Buy Maintained | 12 Feb 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Dara Mohsenian 54% 1-year accuracy 20 / 37 met price target | 23%upside $7 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 12 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 18 articles about COTY published over the past 30 days
