Stock · RL · Consumer Cyclical
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1997 · Revenue 12 mo. $8.4B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Ralph Lauren Corporation designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally.
Ralph Lauren Corporation designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers apparel, including a range of men's, women's, and children's clothing; footwear and accessories, which comprise casual shoes, dress shoes, boots, sneakers, sandals, eyewear, watches, fashion and fine jewelry, scarves, hats, gloves, and umbrellas, as well as leather goods comprising handbags, luggage, small leather goods, and belts; home products, such as bed and bath lines, furniture, fabric and wall coverings, lighting, dining, floor coverings, decorative accessories, and giftware; and fragrances. The company sells apparel and accessories under the Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, RLX Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, and Chaps brands; women's fragrances under the Ralph Lauren Collection, Woman by Ralph Lauren, Romance Collection, and Ralph Collection brand names; and men's fragrances under the Ralph's Club, Purple Label, Polo Blue, Polo Red, Polo Green, Polo Black, Polo 67, Safari, Polo Sport, and Big Pony Men's brand names. Its restaurant collection includes The Polo Bar in New York City; RL Restaurant in Chicago; Ralph's in Paris; The Bar at Ralph Lauren located in Milan; Ralph's Bar located in Chengdu, China; and Ralph's Coffee concept. The company sells its products to department stores, specialty stores, and golf and pro shops, as well as directly to consumers through its retail stores, concession-based shop-within-shops, and its digital commerce sites. It operates retail stores and concession-based shop-within-shops; and operates Ralph Lauren stores and shops through licensing partners. Ralph Lauren Corporation was founded in 1967 and is based in New York, New York.
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Summary
59.9 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €669.6M (2026), it supports €7.4B. The remaining €12.5B of the market value assume it grows 13.7% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
13.7%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 17.5×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 11.1× to 18.6×, median 12.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 33.13% | 11.07% | Rank 87 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 37.92% | 17.91% | Rank 80 |
| EBIT margin | 14.53% | 10.89% | Rank 63 |
| FCF margin | 9.19% | 8.07% | Rank 59 |
| Gross margin | 69.87% | 34.00% | Rank 90 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 14.63% | 5.10% | Rank 85 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 25.87% | 8.34% | Rank 80 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 15.10% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 5.03% | 4.34% | Rank 64 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 4.01% | 4.32% | Rank 47 |
| FCF yield | 3.36% | 4.17% | Rank 39 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.85 | 1.95 | Rank 33 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 19.59 | 16.88 | Rank 42 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 9.92% | −4.35% | Rank 70 |
| Share price, 6 months | 5.54% | 3.63% | Rank 57 |
| Share price, 3 months | 0.34% | 2.92% | Rank 41 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −9.10% | −15.83% | Rank 67 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 2.13% | 0.39% | Rank 34 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.66% | −0.37% | Rank 74 |
| Dividend streak in years | 5 | 4 | Rank 64 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 4.20% | 0.16% | Rank 80 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 44.10% | 40.59% | Rank 55 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.65 | 0.99 | Rank 57 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.05 | 0.49 | Rank 29 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 34.97% | 33.42% | Rank 42 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.7 | −1.4% | $668.3M | 82.7M | $193.4M |
| 2018 | 6.2 | 8.1% | $813.5M | 82.5M | −$452.5M |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 8.9% | $586.1M | 81.7M | $105.0M |
| 2020 | 6.2 | 5.2% | $484.3M | 77.2M | $1.6B |
| 2021 | 4.4 | −1.0% | $273.1M | 73.5M | $1.0B |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 12.8% | $549.0M | 74.3M | $1.5B |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 10.9% | $193.5M | 69.0M | $2.5B |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 11.4% | $904.9M | 66.5M | $2.0B |
| 2025 | 7.1 | 13.2% | $1.0B | 64.0M | $745.6M |
| 2026 | 8.1 | 14.5% | $746.1M | 62.3M | $1.0B |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Ralph Lauren Corp Class A mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Ralph Lauren Corp Class A is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
4 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Ralph Lauren Corp Class A.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 24.9 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | 8.3 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 33.1% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | 44.1% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.05 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| RL | Ralph Lauren Corp Class Athis page | |
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