Ralph Lauren - RL Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 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, 3 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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12 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Ralph Lauren's stock. Their RL share price forecasts range from $95.00 to $151.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $124.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% 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 stock has increased by 5.5% and is now trading at $111.44.
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Ralph Lauren saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,330,000 shares, an increase of 24.0% from the January 31st total of 4,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 951,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.6 days. Approximately 13.3% 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 Tuesday, May 23rd 2023.
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Ralph Lauren Co. (NYSE:RL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 9th. The textile maker reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.91 by $0.44. The textile maker had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.76 billion. Ralph Lauren had a net margin of 8.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.88%. The company's quarterly revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.94 EPS.
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Ralph Lauren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 30th.
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Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.62%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 40.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RL will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.43% 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 plan on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 17.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ralph Lauren updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.34 billion-$6.34 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.28 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.05%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (2.32%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.55%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (1.38%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.28%) and Voya Investment Management LLC (1.28%). 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 $111.44.

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) has a market capitalization of $7.35 billion and generates $6.22 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $600.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.45 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.