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Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) is one of the world's largest and most well-established beauty companies. With approximately $9 billion in revenue, Coty is dedicated to celebrating and liberating the diversity of consumers' beauty. The company's strong entrepreneurial heritage has led to the creation of an iconic portfolio of leading beauty brands.
Core Divisions
- Coty Consumer Beauty: This division focuses on color cosmetics, retail hair coloring and styling products, body care, and mass fragrances. Notable brands under this segment include CoverGirl, Max Factor, and Rimmel.
- Coty Luxury: This division is dedicated to prestige fragrances and skincare, representing brands such as Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Hugo Boss, Gucci, and Philosophy.
- Coty Professional Beauty: This segment aims to serve salon owners and professionals in hair and nail care, featuring brands like Wella Professionals and Sebastian Professional.
Market Position
Coty is the global leader in fragrances, second in professional salon hair color and styling, and third in color cosmetics. The company generates about 59% of its sales from fragrances, 28% from color cosmetics, 8% from body care, and 5% from skincare.
Strategic Partnerships and Collaborations
Coty licenses luxury and high-end brand names including Gucci, Burberry, Hugo Boss, Davidoff, and Calvin Klein for its fragrance business. In the consumer cosmetics segment, the company focuses on mass brands acquired over time, such as CoverGirl, Max Factor, Rimmel, Sally Hansen, and Bourjois. Coty also collaborates with social media celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner to launch makeup products under their names.
Global Reach
Coty operates worldwide, generating close to 45% of its sales from Europe, 42% from the Americas, and 13% from the Asia-Pacific region. The company's controlling shareholder is the German investment firm JAB, holding a 53% stake.
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Coty Inc. has signed a long-term license agreement with Lena Gercke to develop, produce, and distribute LeGer's debut fragrance, marking the beginning of a partnership focused on empowerment, inspiration, and innovation. The collaboration aims to bring new products and brands to the beauty market. The new fragrance, expected to launch in the DACH region this summer, is part of Coty's strategy to diversify its portfolio.
Coty Inc. reports strong results, exceeding expectations with double-digit growth year-to-date. Net revenues grew 8% in Q3 and 10% LFL, with growth in fragrances, cosmetics, skin care, and body care. Operating income and margin expanded, with Prestige and Consumer Beauty seeing growth across regions. Coty's market share increased in Q3, with gross margin expanding 190 basis points. Adjusted metrics showed positive growth in operating income, EBITDA, and EPS. Cash flow was weaker due to tax payments, but strong year-to-date. Debt ratios remain high but stable. Strategic pillars like fragrance and cosmetics drove growth, with e-commerce sales rising. Coty's outlook is optimistic, expecting high-end revenue growth, margin expansion, and adjusted EPS at the upper end of guidance.