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

18 Wall Street 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 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" RL shares.
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18 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Ralph Lauren's shares. Their RL share price targets range from $100.00 to $166.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $135.61 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price.
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Ralph Lauren's stock was trading at $105.67 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, RL shares have increased by 19.8% and is now trading at $126.63.
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Ralph Lauren saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,320,000 shares, a drop of 16.6% from the October 31st total of 5,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 765,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.6 days. Approximately 11.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 8th. The textile maker reported $2.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.18. The textile maker had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.61 billion. Ralph Lauren had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.14% and a net margin of 8.12%. Ralph Lauren's revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.23 earnings per share.

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 yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date 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 2.41%. 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 declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which allows the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 17.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management 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 many different 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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