Tapestry (TPR) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, TPR or RL?

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
Tapestry	$6.67B	2.50	$816M	$3.46	20.66
Ralph Lauren	$6.63B	2.25	$646.30M	$10.49	22.91

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TPR or RL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPR or RL?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, TPR or RL?

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

Is TPR or RL a better dividend stock?

Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Tapestry pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 31.5% 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.

Does the media prefer TPR or RL?

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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tapestry	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Do analysts prefer TPR or RL?

Tapestry currently has a consensus target price of $64.76, suggesting a potential downside of 9.39%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus target price of $228.09, suggesting a potential downside of 5.09%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ralph Lauren is more favorable than Tapestry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tapestry	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Ralph Lauren	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is TPR or RL 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
Tapestry	12.12%	36.26%	7.50%
Ralph Lauren	10.15%	29.44%	10.70%

Summary

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