Ralph Lauren (RL) Competitors

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Is RL or TPR more profitable?

Tapestry has a net margin of 11.74% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 10.14%. Tapestry's return on equity of 44.00% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ralph Lauren	10.14%	30.88%	11.15%
Tapestry	11.74%	44.00%	9.14%

Do analysts recommend RL or TPR?

Ralph Lauren currently has a consensus target price of $292.88, suggesting a potential upside of 9.35%. Tapestry has a consensus target price of $83.89, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ralph Lauren is more favorable than Tapestry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ralph Lauren	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Tapestry	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RL or TPR?

67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Tapestry shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Tapestry shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RL or TPR?

Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to RL or TPR?

In the previous week, Tapestry had 9 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Tapestry and 12 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Tapestry's score of 1.34 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ralph Lauren	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tapestry	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RL or TPR?

Tapestry received 806 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.15% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ralph Lauren	Outperform Votes 820 62.50%	Underperform Votes 492 37.50%
Tapestry	Outperform Votes 1626 70.15%	Underperform Votes 692 29.85%

Which has better valuation & earnings, RL or TPR?

Tapestry has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ralph Lauren. Tapestry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ralph Lauren	$7.08B	2.28	$646.30M	$11.61	23.07
Tapestry	$6.88B	2.41	$816M	$3.80	21.03

Is RL or TPR a better dividend stock?

Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ralph Lauren pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ralph Lauren has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Tapestry has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Ralph Lauren beats Tapestry on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.