Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) Key Metrics
RL valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $22.97B
- Enterprise value
- $21.68B
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.3 10-yr median 19.2
- Forward P/E
- 18.4
- PEG ratio
- 1.86
- Price / sales
- 2.7 10-yr median 1.6
- Price / book
- 7.6 10-yr median 3.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 14.1 10-yr median 11.6
- Dividend yield
- 0.66% $4.00 a year
- Beta
- 1.35
RL key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsRL valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
RL returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
RL per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
RL financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
RL efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
RL valuation history
RL returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
RL debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
RL cash returned to shareholders
RL price vs earnings per share
RL key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $21.43B | $14.13B | $12.49B | $8.05B | $8.43B | $9.05B | $5.16B | $10.59B | $9.22B | $6.75B |
| Enterprise value | $22.35B | $14.71B | $14.39B | $10.51B | $9.22B | $9.90B | $6.27B | $9.32B | $8.07B | $6.26B |
| P/E ratio | 22.8 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 15.4 | 14.0 | — | 13.4 | 24.6 | 56.7 | — |
| Price / sales | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Price / book | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Price / free cash flow | 28.7 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 41.6 | 15.4 | 33.1 | 10.7 | 18.1 | 11.3 | 10.1 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 18.6 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 19.6 | 11.8 | 23.8 | 6.8 | 13.5 | 9.5 | 7.1 |
| EV / sales | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.8 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 44.7 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 29.1 |
| EV / free cash flow | 30.0 | 14.4 | 15.9 | 54.3 | 16.8 | 36.2 | 12.9 | 15.9 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| Earnings yield | 4.4% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 6.5% | 7.1% | −1.3% | 7.4% | 4.1% | 1.8% | −1.5% |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.5% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 2.4% | 6.5% | 3.0% | 9.4% | 5.5% | 8.8% | 9.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.4% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 3.9% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 8.5% | 7.6% | 1.0% | 17.4% | 6.5% | 1.9% | 5.6% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $343.99 | $220.74 | $187.76 | $116.67 | $113.44 | $123.16 | $66.83 | $129.68 | $111.80 | $81.62 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $130.25 | $110.61 | $99.72 | $93.39 | $83.69 | $59.87 | $79.79 | $77.27 | $74.94 | $80.44 |
| Earnings per share | $15.11 | $11.61 | $9.72 | $7.58 | $8.08 | −$1.65 | $4.98 | $5.27 | $1.97 | −$1.20 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $18.53 | $19.30 | $16.09 | $5.96 | $9.64 | $5.18 | $9.77 | $9.59 | $11.82 | $11.52 |
| Free cash flow per share | $11.98 | $15.92 | $13.61 | $2.80 | $7.39 | $3.72 | $6.27 | $7.17 | $9.86 | $8.08 |
| Cash per share | $33.15 | $32.55 | $26.82 | $22.69 | $34.97 | $37.78 | $27.41 | $24.33 | $24.29 | $16.36 |
| Book value per share | $45.59 | $40.45 | $36.85 | $35.22 | $34.13 | $35.43 | $34.88 | $40.24 | $41.91 | $39.90 |
| Tangible book value per share | $29.58 | $25.58 | $22.35 | $20.91 | $20.52 | $21.07 | $21.20 | $26.98 | $28.11 | $26.30 |
| Dividends per share | $3.48 | $3.14 | $2.93 | $2.87 | $2.02 | $0.68 | $2.64 | $2.33 | $1.97 | $1.99 |
| Capex per share | $6.55 | $3.38 | $2.48 | $3.15 | $2.25 | $1.47 | $3.50 | $2.42 | $1.96 | $3.43 |
| Debt per share | $47.97 | $41.69 | $55.48 | $58.30 | $45.65 | $49.26 | $41.80 | $8.71 | $10.33 | $10.42 |
| Shares outstanding | 62.3M | 64.0M | 66.5M | 69.0M | 74.3M | 73.5M | 77.2M | 81.7M | 82.5M | 82.7M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.7% | −3.8% | −3.6% | −7.1% | +1.1% | −4.8% | −5.5% | −1.0% | −0.2% | −3.7% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 34.7% | 29.5% | 26.5% | 21.0% | 23.3% | −4.6% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 4.8% | −2.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 27.2% | 19.3% | 13.6% | 12.9% | 18.7% | −0.9% | 10.9% | 19.3% | 9.7% | −2.3% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 14.0% | 10.9% | 9.7% | 7.2% | 7.7% | −1.6% | 5.8% | 7.1% | 2.8% | −1.7% |
| Return on tangible assets | 17.3% | 12.2% | 11.5% | 9.0% | 8.9% | −1.8% | 6.2% | 8.9% | 3.3% | −2.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.2% | 14.4% | 13.6% | 3.0% | 8.8% | 6.2% | 7.9% | 9.3% | 13.2% | 10.0% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.23 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 0.79 | 1.19 | — | 1.96 | 1.82 | 5.99 | — |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $2.99B | $2.67B | $3.69B | $4.02B | $3.39B | $3.62B | $3.23B | $711.4M | $852.1M | $861.7M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $2.06B | $2.08B | $1.78B | $1.57B | $2.60B | $2.78B | $2.12B | $1.99B | $2.00B | $1.35B |
| Net debt | $923.7M | $585.1M | $1.91B | $2.46B | $793.5M | $844.0M | $1.11B | −$1.28B | −$1.15B | −$491.3M |
| Debt / equity | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.51 | 1.66 | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.20 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.26 |
| Debt / assets | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.65 | 0.48 | 1.82 | 2.58 | 0.76 | 3.81 | 1.81 | −1.44 | −1.44 | −2.29 |
| Current ratio | 2.10 | 1.78 | 2.29 | 2.23 | 1.87 | 2.66 | 1.61 | 3.00 | 2.24 | 2.55 |
| Quick ratio | 1.55 | 1.33 | 1.68 | 1.51 | 1.44 | 2.18 | 1.26 | 2.31 | 1.76 | 1.86 |
| Interest coverage | 21.8 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 17.4 | 14.8 | -0.9 | 18.0 | 27.1 | 27.4 | -7.4 |
| Working capital | $2.04B | $1.66B | $1.89B | $1.83B | $1.96B | $2.62B | $1.28B | $2.39B | $1.96B | $1.79B |
| Invested capital | $3.76B | $3.17B | $4.36B | $4.89B | $3.33B | $3.45B | $3.80B | $2.01B | $2.31B | $2.81B |
| Tangible asset value | $1.84B | $1.64B | $1.49B | $1.44B | $1.52B | $1.55B | $1.64B | $2.20B | $2.32B | $2.18B |
| Net current asset value | $287.5M | −$668.9M | −$792.5M | −$1.03B | −$971.4M | −$1.08B | −$1.21B | $939.2M | $862.5M | $602.1M |
| Graham number | $124.48 | $102.78 | $89.76 | $77.48 | $78.76 | — | $62.51 | $69.10 | $43.14 | — |
| Graham net-net per share | −$8.34 | −$22.53 | −$22.52 | −$26.42 | −$22.81 | −$23.10 | −$23.20 | $0.78 | $2.27 | −$1.19 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $216.5M | $201.1M | $194.6M | $198.3M | $150.0M | $49.8M | $203.9M | $190.7M | $162.4M | $164.8M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $623.8M | $480.9M | $449.7M | $488.6M | $492.6M | $37.7M | $694.8M | $502.6M | $17.1M | $215.2M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 23.0% | 27.1% | 30.1% | 37.9% | 25.0% | — | 53.1% | 44.3% | 99.8% | — |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 112.6% | 66.9% | 71.2% | 355.0% | 117.0% | 32.0% | 185.6% | 118.3% | 22.1% | 56.9% |
| Capex / revenue | 5.0% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 4.4% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 4.3% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 35.4% | 17.5% | 15.4% | 52.9% | 23.3% | 28.3% | 35.8% | 25.2% | 16.6% | 29.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.75 | 0.98 | 0.72 | 0.99 | 0.73 | 0.44 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.55 | 0.92 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| SG&A / revenue | 53.9% | 54.6% | 54.3% | 52.9% | 53.2% | 60.2% | 53.0% | 50.8% | 50.5% | 54.5% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 29.0 | 30.2 | 31.4 | 31.8 | 32.7 | 40.9 | 25.1 | 31.3 | 39.1 | 37.6 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 146.6 | 151.8 | 163.7 | 164.1 | 153.0 | 177.3 | 113.1 | 118.7 | 116.6 | 116.5 |
| Days payables outstanding | 64.7 | 63.0 | 58.4 | 65.7 | 70.9 | 71.5 | 32.7 | 27.7 | 23.5 | 18.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 110.9 | 119.1 | 136.7 | 130.2 | 114.8 | 146.8 | 105.5 | 122.4 | 132.2 | 136.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 12.58 | 12.07 | 11.63 | 11.48 | 11.16 | 8.91 | 14.57 | 11.67 | 9.33 | 9.70 |
| Payables turnover | 5.64 | 5.80 | 6.25 | 5.55 | 5.15 | 5.11 | 11.16 | 13.19 | 15.52 | 20.10 |
| Inventory turnover | 2.49 | 2.40 | 2.23 | 2.22 | 2.39 | 2.06 | 3.23 | 3.07 | 3.13 | 3.13 |
| Asset turnover | 1.20 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 0.89 | 0.80 | 0.58 | 0.93 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.12 |
| Average receivables | $645.0M | $586.6M | $570.4M | $561.2M | $557.4M | $493.6M | $422.8M | $541.0M | $662.8M | $686.2M |
| Average payables | $433.5M | $384.1M | $351.9M | $410.1M | $402.3M | $301.4M | $224.6M | $183.9M | $156.7M | $149.3M |
| Average inventory | $982.0M | $925.9M | $986.8M | $1.02B | $868.1M | $747.6M | $777.0M | $789.5M | $776.4M | $958.2M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 15.5% | 13.5% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 13.1% | 13.4% | 14.5% | 18.2% | 18.5% | 19.9% |
Computed from RL's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed May 21, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
RL valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (March 31, 2026), Ralph Lauren traded at 22.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 19.2. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 24.3 and the forward P/E is 18.4. Ralph Lauren earned a return on equity of 34.7% and a return on invested capital of 27.2% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $3.0 billion of debt and $2.1 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $923.7 million. It returned $840.3 million to shareholders: $216.5 million in dividends and $623.8 million in share buybacks, 113% of free cash flow. The share count fell 24.7% from 82.7M to 62.3M over 9 years.
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RL key metrics FAQ
What is Ralph Lauren's P/E ratio?
Ralph Lauren's trailing P/E ratio is 24.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 18.4. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 22.8, compared with a 10-year median of 19.2.
What is Ralph Lauren's EV/EBITDA?
Ralph Lauren's enterprise value was 15.8 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $22.4 billion, EBITDA $1.4 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 14.1.
What is Ralph Lauren's return on equity?
Ralph Lauren's return on equity (ROE) was 34.7% in fiscal 2026: net income of $941.1 million on average shareholders' equity of $2.7 billion.
What is Ralph Lauren's ROIC?
Ralph Lauren's return on invested capital was 27.2% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Ralph Lauren have?
Ralph Lauren had total debt of $3.0 billion at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05 and $923.7 million of net debt (0.65 times EBITDA).
What is Ralph Lauren's dividend yield?
Ralph Lauren's forward dividend yield is 0.66%. Ralph Lauren paid $216.5 million in dividends in fiscal 2026 ($3.48 per share), a payout ratio of 23.0%.
Does Ralph Lauren buy back its shares?
Yes. Ralph Lauren spent $623.8 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −2.7% over the year, to 62.3M..
What is Ralph Lauren's free cash flow yield?
Ralph Lauren generated $746.1 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 3.5% on its market value at year-end ($21.4 billion).
What is Ralph Lauren's current ratio?
Ralph Lauren's current ratio was 2.10 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 2.10 times current liabilities.