secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COTY INC. (COTY)
CIK:        0001024305
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-19T20:31:43+00:00
Accession:  0001024305-26-000045
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Coty Q4 FY26 sales +1% to $1.27B, adjusted EPS -$0.02; FY26 FCF $348M ahead
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- Q4 net revenues $1,269.2M (+1% reported, -1% LFL); FY26 revenues $5,806.6M (-2% reported, -5% LFL).
- Q4 adjusted EBITDA $93.6M (-26% YoY); FY26 adjusted EBITDA $846.9M (-22% YoY).
- Q4 adjusted EPS -$0.02 (up 60% YoY); FY26 adjusted EPS $0.21 (down 5% YoY).
- FY26 operating cash flow $537.8M and free cash flow $348.2M, both ahead of expectations despite lower profit.
- Agreed to sell Gucci Beauty license to Kering for $400M plus inventory proceeds; monetized remaining Wella stake for $750M in Dec 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430526000045/0001024305-26-000045-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430526000045/coty-20260819.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024305-26-000045

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