Coty Inc (NYSE: COTY)’s stock price has decreased by -3.14 compared to its previous closing price of 7.33. However, the company has seen a -6.70% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-02-03 that Coty (COTY) doesn’t possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Is It Worth Investing in Coty Inc (NYSE: COTY) Right Now?
Coty Inc (NYSE: COTY) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 42.14x compared to its average ratio. COTY has 36-month beta value of 1.89. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for COTY is 366.36M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.65% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of COTY on February 04, 2025 was 5.24M shares.
COTY’s Market Performance
COTY stock saw an increase of -6.70% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 2.01% and a quarterly increase of -7.07%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.86%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.90% for Coty Inc (COTY). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -0.36% for COTY stock, with a simple moving average of -20.82% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of COTY
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for COTY stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for COTY by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for COTY in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $9 based on the research report published on December 13, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see COTY reach a price target of $8.50, previously predicting the price at $11. The rating they have provided for COTY stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on November 13th, 2024.
Barclays gave a rating of “Underweight” to COTY, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on November 07th of the previous year.
COTY Trading at -1.91% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought COTY to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -46.62% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.90%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.86%, as shares surge +3.50% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.42% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, COTY fell by -6.70%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -34.44% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $7.13. In addition, Coty Inc saw 2.01% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at COTY starting from Singer Robert S, who sale 90,000 shares at the price of $12.56 back on Mar 04 ’24. After this action, Singer Robert S now owns 169,982 shares of Coty Inc, valued at $1,130,058 using the latest closing price.
Singer Robert S, the Director of Coty Inc, sale 30,000 shares at $12.70 during a trade that took place back on Mar 06 ’24, which means that Singer Robert S is holding 120,000 shares at $380,877 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for COTY
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.64 for the gross margin
The net margin for Coty Inc stands at 0.03. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 4.40, with 1.36 for asset returns.
Based on Coty Inc (COTY), the company’s capital structure generated 0.5 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.12. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.4.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 849.1 million with net debt to EBITDA at 4.5. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.65. The receivables turnover for the company is 8.74for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.49. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.85.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Coty Inc (COTY) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
