Company Analysis

Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL)

NYSE: RL · Men's & Boys' Furnishgs, Work Clothg, & Allied Garments · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade6.9
◀ Past 5.9● Present 6.8▶ Future 8.2

The grade of Ralph Lauren Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.9/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present6.840% of the headline
▶ Future8.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ralph Lauren Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ralph Lauren Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.7 billion in fiscal 2017 to $8.1 billion in fiscal 2026, up 2.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.2%top 36% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 43% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak33.9%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.4% a year. 63% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 21 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-28, Ralph Lauren Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 3.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 63% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 21 sales (15 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-14 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 33%: 33¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-28, Ralph Lauren Corporation earned about 33 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 73 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 36% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 31% of 7 in its family; net margin 11.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ralph Lauren Corporation's standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $8.1 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 11.6% ranks in the top 21%; revenue growth of 8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$8.11Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin11.6%top 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.0%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 26% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ralph Lauren Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Louvet, Patrice (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2017-07-06, 9.4 years (top 21% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.3 years (top 36%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 15 peopletop 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.3 yearstop 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record9.4 yearstop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

8.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 12% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 88th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ralph Lauren Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $2.0 billion against debt of $1.2 billion leaves 9.7% of its assets as net cash, top 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.2% of revenue (top 21%); a gross margin of 69.9% (top 7%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets9.7%top 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.2%top 21% of its family
  • gross margin69.9%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 23% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ralph Lauren Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 8% a year over the last three filed years against 2.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 7% of its family); the newest year grew 14.7% (top 21%); capital spending grew 9% a year (top 42%) (its annual reports). Ralph Lauren Corporation reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2026: North America at $3.3 billion (41%), Europe at $2.5 billion (31%), Asia at $2.1 billion (26%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+5.8 points a yeartop 7% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth14.7%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending9.0%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 21% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ralph Lauren Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $8.1 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 9.3% above the $7.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 21% of its family); net income of $941 million against a prior three-year average of $637 million (top 21%); a net margin of 11.6% against 9.5% before (top 21%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace9.3%top 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+48%top 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.1 pointstop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton RL · research, not advice