GOOS vs RL Stock Comparison

Canada Goose Holdings and Ralph Lauren Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RL Ralph Lauren Corp
$377.65 +11.9% 1M +12.3% 1Y
Market cap
$23.28B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.36B
Div. yield
0.01%
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

5 decided of 12

Ralph Lauren leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Ralph Lauren 4, Canada Goose Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGOOSRLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $779.82M $23.28B RL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 23.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.6x 20.5x GOOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +14.7% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.8% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 24.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.5x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -40.0% +12.3% RL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -27.4%/yr +25.1%/yr RL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.6% 34.6% RL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 67/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

GOOSRL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGOOSRL
Valuation – 22 #36 of 46
Growth – 79 #10 of 43
Profitability – 90 #5 of 42
Financial Health 67 #18 of 53 75 #14 of 53
Shareholder Returns – 70 #11 of 34
Overall – 67
  • GOOS ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • RL ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGOOSRLSPY
1 month +7.0%+11.9% -1.0%
3 months -9.2%+1.1% +2.9%
6 months -31.1%+1.7% +6.4%
Year to date -37.8%+6.8% +11.4%
1 year -40.0%+12.3% +13.1%
3 years -33.3%+223.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year -12.7%+48.0% +21.5%
5 years -79.8%+206.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year -27.4%+25.1% +10.9%
10 years —+290.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+14.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureGOOSRLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.6%34.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.0%30.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.371.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.880.36 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -87.0%-37.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.9%-8.8% -2.5%
52-week high $14.37$414.25 $779.14
52-week low $7.47$309.29 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGOOSRL
P/E now vs peer median —median 15.9x 23.1xmedian 15.9x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.7x 2.7xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.2x 14.8xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 12.2x 21.8xmedian 12.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.2x 8.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.57 0.86median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGOOSRL
Revenue – $8.36B
Gross profit – $5.87B
Operating income – $1.25B
Net income – $982.90M
Free cash flow – $1.04B
EPS (diluted) – $16.03
Cash & equivalents $145.70M $1.72B
Total debt $1.23B $4.95B
Shares (diluted) 99.00M 61.30M
Enterprise value $18.13M $15.38B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGOOSRL
P/E – 23.1x
P/FCF – 21.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.2x
P/S – 2.7x
P/B 2.1x 8.3x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 8.6x
EV/EBITDA – 14.8x
EV/EBIT – 17.6x
EV/Revenue – 2.6x
EV/FCF – 21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGOOSRL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 14.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 25.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 21.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 23.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 22.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 26.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 26.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 16.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 27.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 36.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 35.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGOOSRL
Gross margin – 70.3%
EBITDA margin – 17.8%
Operating margin – 14.9%
Pretax margin – 14.9%
Net margin – 11.8%
FCF margin – 12.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 15.8%
Return on equity – 35.3%
Return on assets – 12.8%
Return on invested capital – 24.6%
Return on capital employed – 21.4%
Asset turnover – 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGOOSRL
Debt / assets 25.8% 16.2%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.5x
Debt / FCF – 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 68.9% 64.5%
Equity / assets 31.1% 35.5%
Interest coverage – 22.4x
Current ratio 41.9x 2.0x
Quick ratio 14.7x 1.3x
Cash ratio 10.3x 1.0x
Altman Z-score – 6.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGOOSRL
Dividend yield – 1.0%
Net buyback yield – 2.8%
Shareholder yield – 3.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 22.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 21.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGOOSRL
Forward P/E 10.6xFY2026 20.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.76FY2026 $18.46FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.7%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.2% +20.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.14BFY2026 $8.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.0%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.0% +7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGOOSRL
Held by institutions 25.2% 65.2%
Institutions holding 114 808
Change in shares held, QoQ -12.8% +0.6%
Institutions buying 59 388
Institutions selling 37 324
Buyers to sellers 1.59 1.20

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GOOSRL
GOOS 1.00 0.46
RL 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GOOS and RL?

Ralph Lauren (RL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS) $779.82M, Ralph Lauren (RL) $23.28B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ralph Lauren (RL) returned the most: Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS) -40.0%, Ralph Lauren (RL) +12.3%. Over five years, Ralph Lauren (RL) compounded fastest (Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS) -27.4%/yr, Ralph Lauren (RL) +25.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS) 0.00%, Ralph Lauren (RL) 0.01%. Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ralph Lauren (RL) has been the steadiest (Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS) 45.6%, Ralph Lauren (RL) 34.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do GOOS and RL move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.46, a moderate positive relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, GOOS and RL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ralph Lauren (RL) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.