Ralph Lauren - RL Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street 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 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Ralph Lauren's shares. Their RL share price forecasts range from $78.00 to $156.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $119.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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Ralph Lauren's stock was trading at $105.67 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, RL shares have increased by 15.9% and is now trading at $122.44.
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Ralph Lauren saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,990,000 shares, a drop of 15.8% from the December 31st total of 4,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 885,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 10.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 10th. The textile maker reported $2.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.14. The textile maker earned $1.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.56 billion. Ralph Lauren had a net margin of 8.05% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.97%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.62 earnings per share.

Ralph Lauren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, January 13th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 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 2.44%. 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 34.21% 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 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 buy up to 17.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ralph Lauren issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Saturday, December, 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.29%), Willis Investment Counsel (0.19%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.17%), Abeille Asset Management SA (0.12%), Boston Common Asset Management LLC (0.10%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Howard Smith, 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 $122.44.

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) has a market capitalization of $8.08 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.