# Coty Inc. (COTY) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Household Products. Price $2.93, market value $2.6 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Coty Inc. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **EV / EBITDA: 13.6×**. Enterprise value is 13.6× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 13.5%** (5-yr avg 8.3%). Free cash flow equals 13.5% of the market value, above its five-year average of 8.3%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 62.9%**. Coty Inc. keeps 62.9% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, the kind of margin that comes with software, brands or pricing power.
- **Operating margin: -1.4%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: -10.4%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -20.2%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -1.1%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -1.1%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -5.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces -5.9% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -1.5%** (3-yr 1.5%/yr, 5-yr 4.6%/yr). Revenue fell 1.5% over the last year, against 4.6% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -59.1%**. Earnings per share fell 59.1%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -4.7%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -4.7% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.02**. Debt is 1.02 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 7.2×**. It would take 7.2 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Current ratio: 0.75** (quick 0.75). Current liabilities exceed current assets, so the company depends on ongoing cash generation or refinancing to pay the next year's bills.
- **Altman Z-score: 1.11**. A Z-score of 1.11 is in the distress zone, a signal to examine the balance sheet closely.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Coty Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: hold** (14 analysts). 14 analysts cover Coty Inc.; the consensus is hold, with an average price target of $2.69 (-8% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -33.1%** (YTD -4.9%, 3-mo 49.5%). The shares are down 33.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -35.7%** (61.0% above the low). Trading 36% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 59**. An RSI of 59 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.81** (volatility 49%). Beta of 0.81 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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