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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer RL or TPR?

Ralph Lauren presently has a consensus price target of $228.09, suggesting a potential downside of 5.09%. Tapestry has a consensus price target of $64.76, suggesting a potential downside of 9.39%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Tapestry	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Do insiders and institutionals 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 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RL or TPR?

Tapestry received 807 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.98% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ralph Lauren	Outperform Votes 792 62.22%	Underperform Votes 481 37.78%
Tapestry	Outperform Votes 1599 69.98%	Underperform Votes 686 30.02%

Which has more risk & volatility, RL or TPR?

Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 1.4%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ralph Lauren pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry pays out 40.5% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, RL or TPR?

Tapestry has higher revenue and 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	$6.63B	2.25	$646.30M	$10.49	22.91
Tapestry	$6.67B	2.50	$816M	$3.46	20.66

Is RL or TPR more profitable?

Tapestry has a net margin of 12.12% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 10.15%. Tapestry's return on equity of 36.26% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ralph Lauren	10.15%	29.44%	10.70%
Tapestry	12.12%	36.26%	7.50%

Does the media favor RL or TPR?

In the previous week, Tapestry had 9 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Tapestry and 10 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.78 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tapestry	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Tapestry beats Ralph Lauren on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.