Ralph Lauren Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:RL)

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ralph Lauren in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" RL shares.
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17 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Ralph Lauren's stock. Their RL share price targets range from $100.00 to $166.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $135.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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Ralph Lauren's stock was trading at $105.67 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, RL stock has increased by 22.4% and is now trading at $129.38.
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Ralph Lauren saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,320,000 shares, a decrease of 16.6% from the October 31st total of 5,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 765,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.6 days. Approximately 11.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 8th 2024.
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Ralph Lauren Co. (NYSE:RL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 8th. The textile maker reported $2.10 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.92 by $0.18. The textile maker earned $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.61 billion. Ralph Lauren had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.14% and a net margin of 8.12%. The business's revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.23 EPS.

Ralph Lauren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, October 13th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th.
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Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.37%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 38.31%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RL will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.44% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) stock in their portfolio include BlackRock Large Cap Value ETF (BLCV), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RSPD), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD), OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF (OALC), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), Arrow Reverse Cap 500 ETF (YPS), Tema Luxury ETF (LUX) and Akros Monthly Payout ETF (MPAY).

Ralph Lauren announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which allows the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 17.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

182 employees have rated Ralph Lauren Chief Executive Officer Patrice Louvet on Glassdoor.com. Patrice Louvet has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

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Ralph Lauren's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.54%), Invesco Ltd. (2.79%), HS Management Partners LLC (1.49%), FMR LLC (1.14%), Boston Partners (1.11%) and Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. (1.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Howard Smith, Hubert Joly, Jane Nielsen and Patrice Louvet.
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