NYSE:RLRalph Lauren Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ralph Lauren's stock was trading at $90.67 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, RL shares have decreased by 6.3% and is now trading at $84.92. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ralph Lauren in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Ralph Lauren.

Ralph Lauren is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ralph Lauren.

Ralph Lauren Corp (NYSE:RL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 27th. The textile maker reported ($0.68) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.02) by $0.66. The textile maker earned $1.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.29 billion. Ralph Lauren had a return on equity of 17.25% and a net margin of 6.24%. Ralph Lauren's quarterly revenue was down 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.07 earnings per share. View Ralph Lauren's earnings history.

Ralph Lauren announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 16th. Investors of record on Friday, March 27th will be given a dividend of $0.6875 per share on Friday, April 10th. This represents a $2.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.24%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 26th. View Ralph Lauren's dividend history.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Ralph Lauren's shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Ralph Lauren's share price to reach $100.47 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ralph Lauren.

News coverage about RL stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ralph Lauren earned a daily sentiment score of -4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the textile maker a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutRalph Lauren.

Ralph Lauren saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,860,000 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the April 30th total of 5,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,440,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 12.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Ralph Lauren's Current Options Chain.

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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 BlackRock Inc. (5.47%), State Street Corp (3.55%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.12%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.93%), HS Management Partners LLC (2.46%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.86%). Company insiders that own Ralph Lauren stock include Andrew Howard Smith, David R Lauren, Family LLC Lauren, Jane Nielsen, Joyce F Brown, Michael A George and Valerie Hermann. View institutional ownership trends for Ralph Lauren.

RL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN, State Street Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Geode Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., and AXA. Company insiders that have sold Ralph Lauren company stock in the last year include Andrew Howard Smith, Family LLC Lauren, and Jane Nielsen. View insider buying and selling activity for Ralph Lauren.

RL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Yacktman Asset Management LP, HS Management Partners LLC, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., and Todd Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Ralph Lauren.

Shares of RL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of RL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.92.

Ralph Lauren has a market capitalization of $6.26 billion and generates $6.16 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $384.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.56 on an earnings per share basis. Ralph Lauren employs 24,900 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ralph Lauren is www.ralphlauren.com.

Ralph Lauren's mailing address is 650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The textile maker can be reached via phone at 212-318-7000 or via email at [email protected]