Tapestry (TPR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Tapestry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor RL or TPR?

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

Do analysts rate RL or TPR?

Ralph Lauren currently has a consensus price target of $277.29, suggesting a potential downside of 1.09%. Tapestry has a consensus price target of $83.89, suggesting 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

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, RL or TPR?

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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$6.95B	2.49	$646.30M	$10.96	25.58
Tapestry	$6.88B	2.49	$816M	$3.80	21.70

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RL or TPR?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ralph Lauren	Outperform Votes 811 62.38%	Underperform Votes 489 37.62%
Tapestry	Outperform Votes 1626 70.15%	Underperform Votes 692 29.85%

Is RL or TPR a better dividend stock?

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.

Summary

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