Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary
Ralph Lauren Corporation
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Ralph Lauren Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 27, 2026: $8.36 billion, up 15% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to December 27, 2025: $0.69 billion, down 35% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to December 27, 2025: $0.44 billion, up 144% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to March 28, 2026: $0.62 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to March 28, 2026: $0.50 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 2 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed May 21, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $3.7 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 810 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+16 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 14 (19 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Ralph Lauren Corporation is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Withheld: 50% of the evidence is readable at this date (needs 60%).
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings77th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications45th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment89th pct
- Call confidence92nd pct
- Guidance changes43rd pct
- Risk factors added25th pct
- Insider open-market trades45th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- − Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver12th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Ralph Lauren Corporation's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$1.5B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $1.4B
- Default point $0.7B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 27, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2025 | $500M | 5.000% | 2032 (7y) | +82bp | 5.060% |
From the pricing term sheets Ralph Lauren Corporation filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Sep 3, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 3, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- May 21, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jan 15, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 20, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)third_quarter 2025
- Aug 12, 2025Patent
- Aug 5, 2025Patent
- Aug 4, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jul 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)second_quarter 2025
- Jun 30, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)second_quarter 2025
- Jun 5, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 22, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Apr 1, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 21, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 9, 2024Patent
- May 23, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Aug 22, 2023Patent
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapestry, Inc. TPR | $8.0B | $1.8B | Jun 27, 2026 |
| PVH Corp. PVH | $8.9B | $0.7B | Aug 2, 2026 |
| VF Corporation VFC | $9.6B | — | Mar 28, 2026 |
| Columbia Sportswear COLM | $3.4B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Yum! Brands YUM | $8.7B | $1.7B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM | $8.0B | $1.3B | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Somnigroup International SGI | $7.6B | $0.8B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Garmin GRMN | $7.5B | $1.4B | Mar 28, 2026 |