Growth and Margin Analysis of Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL)’s Recent Quarter Sales

Ralph Lauren Corporation [RL] stock prices are up 5.34% to $114.00 at the moment. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The RL shares have gain 1.08% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.79%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 17, March 2023, Ralph Lauren Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.75 per share on Ralph Lauren Corporation Common Stock. The dividend is payable on April 14, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2023.

From an analyst’s perspective:

The stock price of Ralph Lauren Corporation [RL] has been fluctuating between $82.23 and $128.94 over the past year. Ralph Lauren Corporation [NYSE: RL] shares were valued at $114.00 at the most recent close of the market.

Analyzing the RL fundamentals

The most recent quarter, Ralph Lauren Corporation [NYSE:RL] reported sales of 1.83 billion, representing a surge of 0.90%. In this publicly-traded organization, revenue per employee is $280,113, while income per employee is $27,032. Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +63.16% with Operating Margin at +13.73%, Pretax Margin comes in at +12.13%, and Net Margin reading is +9.65%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 7.69, Equity is 23.35, Total Capital is 14.05, and Invested Capital is 10.86. Taking a look at the Principal structure of this organization reveals enduring liabilities to the total capital at 57.22 and enduring liabilities to the whole assets at 43.91.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 111.64 points at the first support level, and at 109.28 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 117.15, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 120.30.

Ralph Lauren Corporation [RL] reported earnings per share of $3.35 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2022. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $2.92/share, meaning a difference of $0.43 and a surprise factor of 14.70%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2022 were $2.23 per share as compared to estimates of $2.08 per share, a difference of $0.15 representing a surprise of 7.20%.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Ralph Lauren Corporation [NYSE:RL]’s Current Ratio is 2.10. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.44, while the Cash Ratio stands at 1.15. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.34, the price to book ratio is 3.09 and the P/E (TTM) ratio is 15.31.

Transactions by insiders

We now turn our attention to insider trading, which in the past 3 months has resulted in 10 insider buyings of 4,185 shares and 1 insider sellings of 3,107 shares. Recent insider trading involved Louvet Patrice, President and CEO, that happened on Jan 23 when 18500.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, Louvet Patrice completed a deal on Jan 18 to sell 18500.0 shares.