Ralph Lauren
RL · Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
$377.40
1.2%Tapestry
TPR · Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
$110.37
3.1%The short version
- Ralph Lauren is the larger business, with $8.1B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $8.0B for Tapestry.
- Tapestry kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (23.9% operating margin, against 14.5% operating margin).
- Tapestry turned more of its sales into free cash flow (22.6% FCF margin, against 9.2% FCF margin).
- Tapestry earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (77.9%, against 45.4%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Ralph Lauren’s earnings: a P/E of 23.8x against 15.2x for Tapestry.
| Latest fiscal year | RL · FY26 | TPR · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $23.1B | $23.2B |
| Revenue | $8.1B | $8.0B |
| Free cash flow | $746M | $1.8B |
| Net income | $941M | $1.5B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 14.6% | 14.2% |
| 5-year growth | 13.0% | 6.9% |
| Share count change | −2.7% | −5.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 69.9% | 77.8% |
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 23.9% |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 19.1% |
| FCF margin | 9.2% | 22.6% |
| Return on capital | 45.4% | 77.9% |
| Return on equity | 34.7% | 197.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$593M | $1.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.4x | 0.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $840M | $1.9B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 23.8x | 15.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 7 |
FY17
RL $6.7B
TPR $4.5B
FY18
RL $6.2B
TPR $5.9B
FY19
RL $6.3B
TPR $6.0B
FY20
RL $6.2B
TPR $5.0B
FY21
RL $4.4B
TPR $5.7B
FY22
RL $6.2B
TPR $6.7B
FY23
RL $6.4B
TPR $6.7B
FY24
RL $6.6B
TPR $6.7B
FY25
RL $7.1B
TPR $7.0B
FY26
RL $8.1B
TPR $8.0B
RL
TPR
FY17
RL −1.4%
TPR 17.5%
FY18
RL 8.1%
TPR 11.4%
FY19
RL 8.9%
TPR 13.6%
FY20
RL 5.2%
TPR −11.1%
FY21
RL −1.0%
TPR 16.9%
FY22
RL 12.8%
TPR 17.6%
FY23
RL 10.9%
TPR 17.6%
FY24
RL 11.4%
TPR 17.1%
FY25
RL 13.2%
TPR 5.9%
FY26
RL 14.5%
TPR 23.9%
RL
TPR
FY17
RL $669M
TPR $571M
FY18
RL $814M
TPR $730M
FY19
RL $586M
TPR $518M
FY20
RL $484M
TPR $202M
FY21
RL $273M
TPR $1.2B
FY22
RL $549M
TPR $759M
FY23
RL $194M
TPR $791M
FY24
RL $905M
TPR $1.1B
FY25
RL $1.0B
TPR $1.1B
FY26
RL $746M
TPR $1.8B
RL
TPR
FY17
RL −2.5%
TPR 32.9%
FY18
RL 10.9%
TPR 17.6%
FY19
RL 19.5%
TPR 18.4%
FY20
RL 15.2%
TPR −13.8%
FY21
RL −1.8%
TPR 34.1%
FY22
RL 33.5%
TPR 33.0%
FY23
RL 24.9%
TPR 31.1%
FY24
RL 28.4%
TPR 31.7%
FY25
RL 36.5%
TPR 14.8%
FY26
RL 45.4%
TPR 77.9%
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