With 0.49 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.97 million shares. During the session, the Apparel Manufacturing company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $275.0 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $271.54. The 52-week range on RL shows that it touched its highest point at $289.33 and its lowest point at $155.96 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $317.20. With its current market cap of 16.57 billion, RL has annualized dividend of $3.30 while the current yield stands at 1.21%. RL paid its most recent dividend on 1743120000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1750982400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.52.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of RL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.12%, but this was down by -4.45% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 19.55% while six-month performance rose 18.76%. The stock gained 18.40% in the past year, while it has gained 48.67% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for RL yields 11.61 with Next year EPS estimates of 15.24. For the next quarter, that number is 3.45. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.02% for this year and 10.37% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.59% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 18.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 39.60 million RL shares are outstanding with a float of 37.51 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 1.74 million, which was 287.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. Ralph Lauren as the firm’s Executive Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Mr. Patrice Jean Louis Louvet serves as its President, CEO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.07353 of RL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-29, RL reported revenue of $1697300000.0 and operating income of $164400000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $236900000.0 and diluted EPS was $2.03.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for RL since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 12 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With RL analysts setting a high price target of 384.0 and a low target of 175.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 308.94824. Based on these targets, RL could surge 40.41% to reach the target high and fall by -36.01% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 12.97% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $10.38442 being high and $10.16411 being low. For RL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $10.26425. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $3.16 and the low estimate is $2.65. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.84.
