Coty Reports Q3 Results And Shares Multi-Pronged Plan of Attack to Fuel Momentum in FY26 and Beyond

In This Article:

Q3 Results and Near-Term Outlook Reflect Complex Operating Environment

Strong Focus on Protecting Profitability and Cash Flow

All-In to Win Transformation Program to Boost Agility, Scale and Efficiency

Robust Pipeline of Launches, Distribution Expansion and Adjacent Opportunities for FY26

Updates Fiscal 2025 Outlook

NEW YORK, May 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) (Paris: COTY) ("Coty" or "the Company") today announced its results for the first nine months and third quarter of fiscal year 2025, ended March 31, 2025. While an uncertain market backdrop and FX headwinds led to declining Q3 sales, Coty has built robust plans to fuel operational and financial improvement in FY26 and beyond.

"Across economic cycles, beauty has remained resilient for decades. Even in this challenging landscape, we have significantly strengthened our strategic, operational, and financial fundamentals, driving margin expansion, stronger cash flow generation, and substantial deleveraging over the past four years," said Sue Nabi, Coty's CEO. "While we are not satisfied with our net revenue performance, Coty’s strong fundamentals, coupled with our multi-pronged attack-plan for accelerating innovation, distribution and efficiencies, gives us confidence for the years ahead.

2025 remains a transition year for Coty. In Prestige, we are absorbing the triple-headwind of a slowing fragrance market, lapping a blockbuster innovation year, and depleting elevated retailer inventory, all of which was particularly acute in the U.S. We are laser focused on entering FY26 with alignment between sell-in and sell-out, to create a healthy baseline for growth. In Consumer Beauty, we have begun recalibrating our business in response to diverging market trends between cosmetics on the one hand and fragrances on the other hand, taking into account our relative strengths. Our goal is to strengthen our cosmetics business while making it more profitable, while in parallel over-driving our mass fragrances business where we have leadership and a strong margin profile.

Importantly, we are in control of our destiny and are already making the changes needed to address many of these challenges, with new leadership in the U.S. as the market has slowed in recent months, an updated organizational structure to drive faster changes and improved execution, and a robust cost savings program to protect our P&L and increase our firepower to accelerate our business."

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2025

(in millions, except per share data)

 

 

 

Change YoY

 

 

Change YoY

COTY, INC.

 

 

 

Reported
Basis

 

(LFL)(a)

 

 

Reported Basis

 

(LFL)

Net revenues

 

$

1,299.1

 

 

(6

%)

 

(3

%)

$

4,640.5

 

 

(2

%)

 

%

Operating income - reported

 

 

(280.4

)

 

<(100

%)

 

 

 

225.6

 

 

(56

)%

 

 

Net income attributable to common shareholders - reported **

 

 

(409.0

)

 

<(100

%)

 

 

 

(309.0

)

 

<(100

%)

 

 

Operating income - adjusted*

 

 

147.9

 

 

3

%

 

 

 

785.2

 

 

4

%

 

 

Net income attributable to common shareholders - adjusted* **

 

 

6.8

 

 

(84

%)

 

 

 

233.7

 

 

(33

)%

 

 

EBITDA - adjusted

 

 

204.2

 

 

2

%

 

 

 

955.0

 

 

3

%

 

 

EPS attributable to common shareholders (diluted) - reported

 

$

(0.47

)

 

N/A

 

 

 

$

(0.36

)

 

<(100

%)

 

 

EPS attributable to common shareholders (diluted) - adjusted*

 

$

0.01

 

 

(80

%)

 

 

$

0.27

 

 

(31

%)

 

 

(a) LFL results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025 include 0% help and 1% help, respectively from Argentina resulting from significant price increases due to hyperinflation.

* These measures, as well as "free cash flow," "adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA)," "financial net debt," and "economic net debt" are Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Refer to "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for discussion of these measures. Reconciliations from reported to adjusted results can be found at the end of this release.

** Net income for Coty Inc. is net of the Convertible Series B Preferred Stock dividends.

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2025, Summary Results

For the nine months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2024: