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.
Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
90.8% of Tapestry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Tapestry shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Tapestry received 808 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.04% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
Tapestry presently has a consensus target price of $78.53, indicating a potential downside of 9.64%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus target price of $279.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.34%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ralph Lauren is more favorable than Tapestry.
Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Tapestry pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.1% 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.
Tapestry has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tapestry had 23 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Tapestry and 13 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Tapestry's score of 0.74 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tapestry beats Ralph Lauren on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RL) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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