Ralph Lauren $RL Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up Ralph Lauren Corporation ($RL). Last filing: 8-K (5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers), 2026-09-03. 7 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $8.1B (FY2026), total debt $1.2B. Experience: revenue up 14.6% on the year, up 6.9% a year over 4 years; operating margin 14.5%, up from 13.2%. Soundness: equity 36.7% of assets, return on equity 33.1%, payout 23.0% of profit, dividend per share up 2 years running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $7.4B and $10.5B next year (method v4.1: its own 5-year record of growth weighed at 57% against $1B–10B filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $6.6B to $11.9B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (14 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 14.5% against a 6.1% median; growth 14.6% against 3.4%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
Both views must agree for a label · a description, not advice.
| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $1.2B · −$357M · −$770M · — |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $2.0B · $77M · — · current ratio 2.13 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 4.9% · 37.0% |
Ralph Lauren is growing faster than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2026-03-28 |
| Revenue | $8.1B |
| Revenue, on the year | 14.6% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 6.9% |
| Operating margin | 14.5% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 13.2% |
| Net margin | 11.6% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | $1.2B |
| Equity of assets | 36.7% |
| Return on equity | 33.1% |
| Payout of profit | 23.0% |
| Dividend per share | $3.65 · up 2 years running |
| Earnings per share | $15.42 |
| Book value per share | $45.61 |
| Revenue per share | $130.25 |
| Shares outstanding | 62,300,000 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 14 filers with $50M+ revenue in men's & boys' furnishgs, work clothg, & allied garments.
Health HarborRalph Lauren sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change ×2
Sailing speed follows growth: 8.0% a year crosses the harbor in 56 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →No warning signs on the measures below.
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-09-03 · 5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-08-06
- 8-K · 2026-08-06 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-08-03 · 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- DEF 14A · 2026-06-18
- 10-K · 2026-05-21
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company