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Ralph Lauren (RL) Competitors

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$201.60 +3.68 (+1.86%)
As of 04/14/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

RL vs. TPR, VFC, COLM, PVH, HBI, CRI, GIII, OXM, MOV, and VRA

Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include Tapestry (TPR), VF (VFC), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), and Vera Bradley (VRA). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

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 806 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.01% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 62.46% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ralph LaurenOutperform Votes
807
62.46%
Underperform Votes
485
37.54%
TapestryOutperform Votes
1613
70.01%
Underperform Votes
691
29.99%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ralph Lauren$6.95B1.79$646.30M$10.9618.39
Tapestry$6.78B1.94$816M$3.4518.45

Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry pays out 40.6% 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.

In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 7 more articles in the media than Tapestry. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 23 mentions for Tapestry. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 1.01 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
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tapestry
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ralph Lauren presently has a consensus price target of $277.43, suggesting a potential upside of 37.61%. Tapestry has a consensus price target of $77.63, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Tapestry
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tapestry beats Ralph Lauren on 11 of the 21 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$12.45B$18.17B$7.41B$18.51B
Dividend Yield1.81%2.66%3.49%4.25%
P/E Ratio18.3928.5715.9531.06
Price / Sales1.792.117.6926.47
Price / Cash20.7615.7616.4217.54
Price / Book4.906.314.124.29
Net Income$646.30M$367.38M$259.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance10.98%11.43%4.87%6.72%
1 Month Performance-8.53%-7.46%-7.24%-6.79%
1 Year Performance25.87%-6.20%-7.47%1.22%

Ralph Lauren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.8192 of 5 stars
$201.60
+1.9%
$277.43
+37.6%
+25.8%$12.45B$6.95B18.3922,200Positive News
Gap Up
TPR
Tapestry
4.5487 of 5 stars
$62.49
-0.7%
$78.53
+25.7%
+54.7%$12.99B$6.78B18.1918,100Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
VFC
VF
4.5486 of 5 stars
$11.34
-1.9%
$22.10
+94.9%
-7.0%$4.46B$10.15B-9.6335,000Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
4.0946 of 5 stars
$65.56
-4.8%
$83.00
+26.6%
-9.7%$3.66B$3.37B17.079,450Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
PVH
PVH
4.9474 of 5 stars
$64.68
-4.5%
$107.13
+65.6%
-33.3%$3.63B$8.65B5.3131,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
HBI
Hanesbrands
3.8445 of 5 stars
$4.51
-3.7%
$7.50
+66.5%
-9.3%$1.60B$3.51B-4.9251,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
CRI
Carter's
3.9332 of 5 stars
$35.25
-5.2%
$49.00
+39.0%
-49.8%$1.28B$2.84B5.6315,500Positive News
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
3.4924 of 5 stars
$24.30
-5.1%
$33.00
+35.8%
-10.7%$1.07B$3.18B6.393,600Gap Down
OXM
Oxford Industries
3.9634 of 5 stars
$53.01
-7.3%
$63.00
+18.8%
-52.9%$793.88M$1.52B60.014,700
MOV
Movado Group
4.8848 of 5 stars
$13.61
-10.3%
$36.25
+166.4%
-45.9%$303.91M$658.33M13.201,300Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
VRA
Vera Bradley
0.8559 of 5 stars
$2.12
-1.2%
N/A-69.0%$58.73M$371.97M-3.592,490News Coverage
Positive News
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