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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Ralph Lauren's shares. Their RL share price forecasts range from $78.00 to $156.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $121.77 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.2% 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 stock has decreased by 16.8% and is now trading at $98.84.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 24th. The textile maker reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.19. The textile maker earned $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.46 billion. Ralph Lauren had a net margin of 8.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.33%. Ralph Lauren's revenue was up 18.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.38 earnings per share.
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Ralph Lauren declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, July 15th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 30th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.69.
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Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.04%. 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 33.63% 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 of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which allows the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 17.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Ralph Lauren updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 9th. 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."

Ralph Lauren's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.77%), abrdn plc (1.21%), Royce & Associates LP (1.07%), Northern Trust Corp (0.96%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.70%) and FMR LLC (0.55%). 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 $98.84.

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) has a market capitalization of $6.93 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 was founded in 1967.

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.