Coats Group (COA) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Coats Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies industrial sewing threads worldwide. The company provides threads, yarns, zips, trims, composites, and fabrics for use in apparel, such as children's wear, denims, intimate and underwear, ladieswear, leather wear, menswear, sports and activewear, and workwear & uniforms; handbags, luggage, bags, and fashion accessories; dress and casual, protective, and sports footwear; home textiles, mattress and beddings, outdoor goods, and sporting goods; cut protection, fire services, healthcare PPE, industrial thermal, and military purposes; automotive, marine, and tyre cord applications; telecoms and energy cables; and tea bags, and medical and filtration purpose. It offers its products under the Admiral, Aptan, Aquamelt, Astra, Atlantis, Brio, Classic, Corus, Dabond, Dolanit, Drybond, Dual Duty, Dymax, EcoCycle, EcoRegen, Eloflex, Epic, Firefly, Flame Master, Glasmo, Gral, Gramax, Helios, Hemseal, Itero, Lapwing Multi, Linen, Looks, Lucence, Magellan, Match, Monobond, Neophil, Nylbond, Nymo, Polymatic, Prolene, Protos, Pyrostar, Seamsoft, Secura, Signal, Supersheen, Surfilor, Sylko, Team, Terko Satin, Tre Cerchi, Tristar, Trusew, Ultimax, Ultra Dee, Ultra Lock, Armoren, CoatsKnit, FlamePro, Gotex, RecLID Teabag, Stricose FH, Ultrabloc, Webflex, XTRU, Lattice, Synergex, Coats M, Coats P, Coats RT, Coats Pullers, Coats S, Coats Connect, Coats Permess, and Coats Signal brand names. The company was formerly known as Guinness Peat Group plc and changed its name to Coats Group plc in March 2015. Coats Group plc was incorporated in 1909 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 93.50 to 95.50
• 50-Day Range: 94.10 to 104.20
• 52-Week Range: 64.30 to 104.20
• Volume: 147,230 shs
• Average Volume: 3.00 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.49 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1,876.92
• Dividend Yield: 2.13%
• Price Target: GBX 111.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Coats Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Coats Group scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Coats Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Coats Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Coats Group is 1,876.92, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 136.33.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Coats Group is 1,876.92, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 384.07.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Coats Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.92. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Coats Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.61. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for COA.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Coats Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.37%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Coats Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Coats Group is 4,000.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for COA.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Coats Group has a news sentiment score of 0.15. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.37 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Coats Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Coats Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £145,500 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.65% of the stock of Coats Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.46% of the stock of Coats Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

COA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have COA shares performed this year?

Coats Group's stock was trading at GBX 77.40 at the beginning of the year. Since then, COA stock has increased by 21.2% and is now trading at GBX 93.85.
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How do I buy shares of Coats Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Coats Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Coats Group investors own include Citrix Systems (CTXS), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), BP (BP), Greencore Group (GNC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC) and B&M European Value Retail (BME).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 11/14 Dividend: 10/17/2024
• Dividend Payable: 11/14/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Textile Manufacturing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:COA
• Previous Symbol: LON:GPG
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.coats.com
• Phone: +44-20-82105000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 15,539
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 111.67
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 135
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 90
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,876.92
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.80
• P/E Growth: 0.92
• Net Income: £99.40 million
• Net Margins: 6.41%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 18.91%
• Return on Assets: 8.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 97.61
• Current Ratio: 1.20
• Quick Ratio: 1.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.04
• Cash Flow: GBX 13.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.97
• Book Value: GBX 36 per share
• Price / Book: 2.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,590,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.49 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.40