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Ralph Lauren (RL) Competitors

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$280.34 +2.67 (+0.96%)
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RL vs. TPR, VFC, PVH, COLM, HBI, CRI, GIII, OXM, MOV, and FOSL

Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include Tapestry (TPR), VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), and Fossil Group (FOSL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.

Ralph Lauren vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ralph Lauren$6.95B2.49$646.30M$10.9625.58
Tapestry$6.88B2.49$816M$3.8021.70

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 Lauren10.14% 30.88% 11.15%
Tapestry 11.74%44.00%9.14%

Tapestry received 815 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.15% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ralph LaurenOutperform Votes
811
62.38%
Underperform Votes
489
37.62%
TapestryOutperform Votes
1626
70.15%
Underperform Votes
692
29.85%

Ralph Lauren currently has a consensus target price of $277.29, indicating a potential downside of 1.09%. Tapestry has a consensus target price of $83.89, indicating a potential upside of 1.73%. Given Tapestry's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tapestry is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ralph Lauren
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Tapestry
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Tapestry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Tapestry had 11 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Tapestry and 20 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 1.14 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ralph Lauren
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tapestry
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.1% 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 4 consecutive years and Tapestry has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ralph Lauren and Tapestry tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RL vs. The Competition

MetricRalph LaurenMens' & boy's furnishings, work clothing, & allied garments IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.31B$20.32B$8.03B$19.70B
Dividend Yield1.22%2.02%3.24%3.84%
P/E Ratio25.5833.2115.3535.12
Price / Sales2.492.427.9534.12
Price / Cash20.7615.7616.3717.51
Price / Book6.827.454.814.78
Net Income$646.30M$367.38M$259.18M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.93%0.97%0.09%0.90%
1 Month Performance35.75%27.54%10.52%11.10%
1 Year Performance67.77%7.10%-2.97%5.28%

Ralph Lauren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RL
Ralph Lauren
3.7865 of 5 stars
$280.34
+1.0%
$277.29
-1.1%
+65.5%$17.31B$6.95B25.5822,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
TPR
Tapestry
4.4167 of 5 stars
$82.27
+5.5%
$82.22
-0.1%
+94.4%$17.03B$6.88B23.8518,100Positive News
VFC
VF
4.217 of 5 stars
$14.42
+8.5%
$21.40
+48.5%
+12.0%$5.61B$10.15B-12.1035,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PVH
PVH
4.5905 of 5 stars
$79.16
+6.3%
$103.00
+30.1%
-25.8%$4.17B$8.65B6.4531,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
3.1079 of 5 stars
$69.58
+5.3%
$70.00
+0.6%
-21.5%$3.84B$3.38B17.989,450Gap Up
HBI
Hanesbrands
2.2377 of 5 stars
$5.31
+4.4%
$5.20
-2.0%
+6.2%$1.87B$3.51B-5.7751,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRI
Carter's
2.3354 of 5 stars
$35.78
+4.8%
$36.20
+1.2%
-47.0%$1.30B$2.81B5.6715,500Positive News
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
2.1456 of 5 stars
$28.07
+6.2%
$32.20
+14.7%
+2.0%$1.23B$3.18B7.373,600Positive News
Gap Up
OXM
Oxford Industries
3.6835 of 5 stars
$58.60
+9.0%
$59.00
+0.7%
-47.3%$870.84M$1.52B65.824,700Positive News
MOV
Movado Group
4.9207 of 5 stars
$16.76
+10.1%
$36.25
+116.3%
-38.0%$372.14M$653.38M16.091,300Positive News
FOSL
Fossil Group
0.9299 of 5 stars
$1.29
-1.5%
N/A+26.0%$68.90M$1.14B-0.556,900News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Up

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