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 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Ralph Lauren's stock. Their RL share price forecasts range from $78.00 to $156.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $115.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price.
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Ralph Lauren's stock was trading at $118.86 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, RL shares have decreased by 2.8% and is now trading at $115.56.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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Ralph Lauren Co. (NYSE:RL) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 10th. The textile maker reported $2.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.08 by $0.15. The textile maker earned $1.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.56 billion. Ralph Lauren had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.97% and a net margin of 8.05%. Ralph Lauren's quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.62 EPS.

Ralph Lauren announced 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 yield of 2.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 2.60%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 41.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RL will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.64% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ralph Lauren declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which permits the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 17.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Ralph Lauren updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.26 billion-$6.26 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.32 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."

Ralph Lauren's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.45%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.54%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.74%), HS Management Partners LLC (2.88%), State Street Corp (2.82%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.50%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Howard Smith, Family LLC Lauren, Hubert Joly, Jane Nielsen, Michael A George and Patrice Louvet.
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Shares of RL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of RL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $115.56.

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) has a market capitalization of $7.62 billion and generates $6.22 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $600.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.18 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.