Coty (COTY) reported $1.3 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 6.2%. EPS of $0.01 for the same period compares to $0.05 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.43% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.3 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.05, the EPS surprise was -80.00%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Coty performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Geographic Revenues- Americas: $529.70 million versus $546.01 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -10.1% change.
- Geographic Revenues- Asia Pacific: $159.40 million compared to the $146.69 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5.5% year over year.
- Geographic Revenues- EMEA: $610 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $617.96 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2.9%.
- Net Revenues- Prestige: $829.40 million versus $833.25 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.4% change.
- Net Revenues- Consumer Beauty: $469.70 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $471.58 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.4%.
- Adjusted Operating Income (Loss)- Consumer Beauty: -$10.90 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of -$11.85 million.
- Adjusted Operating Income (Loss)- Prestige: $158.80 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $141.62 million.
- Operating Income (Loss)- Corporate: -$169.60 million versus -$69.77 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Coty have returned +5.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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