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RL vs. CROX, GIII, LULU, SHOO, GES, GIL, OXM, PVH, TPR, and UAA

Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include Crocs (CROX), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), lululemon athletica (LULU), Steven Madden (SHOO), Guess? (GES), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Oxford Industries (OXM), PVH (PVH), Tapestry (TPR), and Under Armour (UAA).

Ralph Lauren vs. Its Competitors

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Ralph Lauren presently has a consensus target price of $306.41, indicating a potential downside of 1.49%. Crocs has a consensus target price of $105.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.56%. Given Crocs' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crocs is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ralph Lauren
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Crocs
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.3% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Crocs' net margin of 5.72%. Crocs' return on equity of 44.15% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ralph Lauren10.91% 33.72% 11.86%
Crocs 5.72%44.15%16.12%

Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ralph Lauren$7.08B2.66$742.90M$12.5224.84
Crocs$4.10B1.20$950.07M$3.7324.23

In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 2 more articles in the media than Crocs. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 20 mentions for Crocs. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Crocs' score of 1.06 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
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crocs
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ralph Lauren beats Crocs on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RL vs. The Competition

MetricRalph LaurenTEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.99B$12.77B$8.44B$21.20B
Dividend Yield1.23%2.80%3.00%3.48%
P/E Ratio24.8416.8418.0929.02
Price / Sales2.661.095.4450.23
Price / Cash18.119.9815.0318.29
Price / Book7.495.154.984.57
Net Income$742.90M$586.11M$227.71M$999.06M
7 Day Performance6.13%2.29%1.43%-0.01%
1 Month Performance5.84%9.24%21.38%6.50%
1 Year Performance81.62%7.59%46.01%11.34%

Ralph Lauren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.8061 of 5 stars
$311.04
+4.8%
$306.41
-1.5%
+73.5%$17.99B$7.08B24.8423,400Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CROX
Crocs
3.5856 of 5 stars
$86.29
-0.3%
$104.42
+21.0%
-40.3%$4.71B$4.10B23.137,910Positive News
Short Interest ↑
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
1.7699 of 5 stars
$26.71
-1.0%
$27.80
+4.1%
+2.0%$1.16B$3.18B6.184,600News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.633 of 5 stars
$202.44
-2.5%
$319.98
+58.1%
-22.1%$24.26B$10.59B13.7239,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SHOO
Steven Madden
2.6642 of 5 stars
$28.03
-1.8%
$28.80
+2.7%
-35.6%$2.04B$2.28B22.074,800Positive News
GES
Guess?
2.1511 of 5 stars
$16.81
-0.2%
$14.88
-11.5%
-18.8%$874.46M$3.00B-70.0413,000Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Revision
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.8251 of 5 stars
$54.67
-1.8%
$64.58
+18.1%
+19.6%$8.16B$3.27B17.3650,000Short Interest ↑
OXM
Oxford Industries
4.9006 of 5 stars
$45.80
-2.6%
$55.80
+21.8%
-49.3%$684.22M$1.52B8.896,000
PVH
PVH
4.5105 of 5 stars
$81.59
+2.2%
$93.40
+14.5%
-14.5%$3.92B$8.65B11.5128,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
TPR
Tapestry
3.9426 of 5 stars
$98.61
-1.1%
$105.47
+7.0%
+148.3%$20.52B$7.01B156.5319,000Positive News
UAA
Under Armour
4.7156 of 5 stars
$5.05
-1.8%
$6.74
+33.5%
-35.2%$2.17B$5.16B22.9614,400Positive News

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