Market Inference Overview -- RL Stock

By Naomi Wentworth • Friday, August 11 10:56 • Permanent Link

Ralph Lauren logged a 1.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $123.59 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. RL's trading volume is 311,526 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,000,056.

Ralph Lauren trades -9.7% away from its average analyst target price of $136.87 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $100.0 to $169.0, and on average have given Ralph Lauren a rating of hold.

If you are considering an investment in RL, you'll want to know the following:

Ralph Lauren's current price is 96.4% above its Graham number of $62.93, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Ralph Lauren has moved 27.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 6.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 7.58, Ralph Lauren has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
RL has a forward P/E ratio of 11.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $10.54 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.01 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Ralph Lauren is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 3.34 compared to its sector average of 3.12
Ralph Lauren Corporation designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally.
Based in New York, the company has 14,900 full time employees and a market cap of $8.07 Billion. Ralph Lauren currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.5%.

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