Ralph Lauren - RL Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ralph Lauren in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" RL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in RL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Ralph Lauren's stock. Their RL share price forecasts range from $78.00 to $156.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $118.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.9% from the stock's current price.
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Ralph Lauren's stock was trading at $118.86 at the start of the year. Since then, RL shares have decreased by 26.9% and is now trading at $86.86.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Ralph Lauren Co. (NYSE:RL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 9th. The textile maker reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.72 by $0.16. The textile maker earned $1.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. Ralph Lauren had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.33% and a net margin of 8.82%.

Ralph Lauren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 29th.
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Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.53%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 39.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RL will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ralph Lauren announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes 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 leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Ralph Lauren updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.56 billion-$1.56 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.58 billion.

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RL."

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One share of RL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.86.

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) has a market capitalization of $6.09 billion and generates $6.22 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $600.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.57 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 22,200 workers across the globe.

Ralph Lauren's mailing address is 650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The official website for the company is www.ralphlauren.com. The textile maker can be reached via phone at (212) 318-7000, via email at ir@ralphlauren.com, or via fax at 212-888-5780.