Coty vs Procter & Gamble
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The short version
- Procter & Gamble is the larger business, with $87.0B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $5.8B for Coty, about 15 times as much.
- Procter & Gamble grew revenue faster (3.3%, against −1.5%).
- Procter & Gamble kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (22.7% operating margin, against −1.4%).
- Procter & Gamble turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.4% FCF margin, against 6.0%).
- Procter & Gamble earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (20.1%, against −1.0%).
| Latest fiscal year | COTY · FY26 | PG · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $387.6B |
| Revenue | $5.8B | $87.0B |
| Free cash flow | $348M | $15.1B |
| Net income | −$605M | $16.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.5% | 3.3% |
| 5-year growth | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Share count change | 0.8% | −1.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 62.9% | 50.2% |
| Operating margin | −1.4% | 22.7% |
| Net margin | −10.4% | 18.4% |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 17.4% |
| Return on capital | −1.0% | 20.1% |
| Return on equity | −18.5% | 30.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.9B | $24.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.3x | 1.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $13.2M | $15.3B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 24.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 6 |
Revenue
FY17
COTY $7.7B
PG $65.1B
FY18
COTY $6.8B
PG $66.8B
FY19
COTY $6.3B
PG $67.7B
FY20
COTY $4.7B
PG $71.0B
FY21
COTY $4.6B
PG $76.1B
FY22
COTY $5.3B
PG $80.2B
FY23
COTY $5.6B
PG $82.0B
FY24
COTY $6.1B
PG $84.0B
FY25
COTY $5.9B
PG $84.3B
FY26
COTY $5.8B
PG $87.0B
COTY
PG
Operating margin
FY17
COTY −5.5%
PG 21.2%
FY18
COTY −2.3%
PG 20.0%
FY19
COTY −58.7%
PG 8.1%
FY20
COTY −26.2%
PG 22.1%
FY21
COTY −1.1%
PG 23.6%
FY22
COTY 4.5%
PG 22.2%
FY23
COTY 9.8%
PG 22.1%
FY24
COTY 8.9%
PG 22.1%
FY25
COTY 4.1%
PG 24.3%
FY26
COTY −1.4%
PG 22.7%
COTY
PG
Free cash flow
FY17
COTY $325M
PG $9.4B
FY18
COTY −$32.7M
PG $11.2B
FY19
COTY $213M
PG $11.9B
FY20
COTY −$318M
PG $14.3B
FY21
COTY $145M
PG $15.6B
FY22
COTY $553M
PG $13.6B
FY23
COTY $403M
PG $13.8B
FY24
COTY $369M
PG $16.5B
FY25
COTY $278M
PG $14.0B
FY26
COTY $348M
PG $15.1B
COTY
PG
Return on capital
FY17
COTY −3.3%
PG 13.1%
FY18
COTY −0.8%
PG 12.2%
FY19
COTY −20.7%
PG 4.7%
FY20
COTY −8.5%
PG 18.7%
FY21
COTY −0.4%
PG 21.9%
FY22
COTY 1.9%
PG 21.0%
FY23
COTY 5.2%
PG 20.2%
FY24
COTY 3.7%
PG 20.2%
FY25
COTY 2.5%
PG 21.6%
FY26
COTY −1.0%
PG 20.1%
COTY
PG
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.