RL vs CPRI vs REAL Stock Comparison

Ralph Lauren, Capri Holdings and TheRealReal Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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RL Ralph Lauren Corp
$377.65 +11.9% 1M +12.3% 1Y
Market cap
$23.26B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.36B
Div. yield
0.01%
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
7 wins
CPRI Capri Holdings Ltd
$15.86 +2.7% 1M -29.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.87B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
1 win
REAL TheRealReal, Inc.
$10.84 +18.5% 1M -10.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.30B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$749.91M
Div. yield
–
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Ralph Lauren leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ralph Lauren 7, Capri Holdings 1, TheRealReal 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRLCPRIREALLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $23.26B $1.87B $1.30B RL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.7x — -16.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.5x 7.9x 98.5x CPRI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.7% — +17.7% REAL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.8% — -10.8% RL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.6% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x — 0.9x RL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.3% -29.9% -10.0% RL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.1%/yr -21.3%/yr -2.6%/yr RL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.6% 45.7% 69.4% RL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 — 35/100 RL

Percentile Scorecard

RLCPRIREAL

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

AxisRLCPRIREAL
Valuation 22 #36 of 46 – 18 #38 of 46
Growth 79 #10 of 43 – 91 #5 of 43
Profitability 90 #5 of 42 – 32 #29 of 42
Financial Health 75 #14 of 53 21 #42 of 53 23 #41 of 53
Shareholder Returns 70 #11 of 34 – 12 #30 of 34
Overall 67 – 35
  • RL ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • CPRI ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • REAL 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

PeriodRLCPRIREALSPY
1 month +11.9%+2.7%+18.5% -1.0%
3 months +1.1%+2.7%-2.6% +2.9%
6 months +1.7%-23.1%-11.7% +6.4%
Year to date +6.8%-35.0%-31.3% +11.4%
1 year +12.3%-29.9%-10.0% +13.1%
3 years +223.7%-69.0%+691.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +48.0%-32.3%+99.4% +21.5%
5 years +206.7%-69.8%-12.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +25.1%-21.3%-2.6% +10.9%
10 years +290.8%-67.6%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +14.6%-10.7%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureRLCPRIREALSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.6%45.7%69.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.8%45.7%60.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.211.352.24 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.36-0.65-0.14 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.4%-82.4%-93.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.8%-42.7%-35.9% -2.5%
52-week high $414.25$27.66$16.90 $779.14
52-week low $309.29$12.71$8.12 $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.

MultipleRLCPRIREAL
P/E now vs peer median 23.1xmedian 15.9x —median 15.9x -16.2xmedian 15.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 0.7x —median 0.7x 1.8xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.8xmedian 9.2x —median 9.2x 47.1xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 12.2x —median 12.2x 36.4xmedian 12.2x
P/B now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 2.2x 22.5xmedian 2.2x -3.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.86median 0.57 —median 0.57 -0.51median 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 monthsRLCPRIREAL
Revenue $8.36B – $749.91M
Gross profit $5.87B – $558.66M
Operating income $1.25B – -$5.84M
Net income $982.90M – -$81.13M
Free cash flow $1.04B – $36.21M
EPS (diluted) $16.03 – $-0.67
Cash & equivalents $1.72B $135.00M $119.13M
Total debt $4.95B $535.47M $570.24M
Shares (diluted) 61.30M 120.60M 121.02M
Enterprise value $15.35B $1.33B $801.30M

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
MetricRLCPRIREAL
P/E 23.1x – -16.2x
P/FCF 21.8x – 36.4x
P/Operating cash flow 17.2x – 24.5x
P/S 2.7x – 1.8x
P/B 8.3x 22.5x -3.5x
P/Tangible book 8.6x -4.0x -3.5x
EV/EBITDA 14.8x – 47.1x
EV/EBIT 17.6x – -230.3x
EV/Revenue 2.6x – 1.8x
EV/FCF 21.1x – 37.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.7x – 25.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.86 – -0.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRLCPRIREAL
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.7% – 17.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.0% – 9.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.7% – 17.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.8% – 15.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 25.2% – 86.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 21.5% – 69.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 23.7% – -129.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 22.8% – 27.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.1% – -126.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.7% – 31.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.2% – 930.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.4% – 41.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 36.6% – 320.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.6% – 33.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRLCPRIREAL
Gross margin 70.3% – 74.5%
EBITDA margin 17.8% – 3.8%
Operating margin 14.9% – -0.8%
Pretax margin 14.9% – -10.8%
Net margin 11.8% – -10.8%
FCF margin 12.5% – 4.8%
Operating cash flow margin 15.8% – 7.2%
Return on equity 35.3% – –
Return on assets 12.8% – -21.2%
Return on invested capital 24.6% – –
Return on capital employed 21.4% – -3.9%
Asset turnover 1.1x – 2.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x – -0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% – 3.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRLCPRIREAL
Debt / assets 16.2% 11.0% 38.1%
Debt / equity 0.5x 4.3x -0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x – 0.9x
Debt / FCF 1.2x – 4.0x
Liabilities / assets 64.5% 97.4% 199.9%
Equity / assets 35.5% 2.6% -99.9%
Interest coverage 22.4x – -0.2x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.2x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.4x 0.6x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 6.25 – -1.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRLCPRIREAL
Dividend yield 1.0% – –
Net buyback yield 2.8% – -0.2%
Shareholder yield 3.8% – -0.2%
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.

ConsensusRLCPRIREAL
Forward P/E 20.5xFY2026 7.9xFY2026 98.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $18.46FY2026 $2.01FY2026 $0.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.3%FY2026 +34.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +20.3% +31.3% +118.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.11BFY2026 $3.21BFY2026 $753.70MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.1%FY2026 -7.6%FY2026 +8.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.3% +13.7% +21.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRLCPRIREAL
Held by institutions 65.2% 98.0% 92.8%
Institutions holding 808 295 250
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% -4.2% -2.4%
Institutions buying 388 136 154
Institutions selling 324 101 67
Buyers to sellers 1.20 1.35 2.30

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.

RLCPRIREAL
RL 1.00 0.53 0.28
CPRI 0.53 1.00 0.28
REAL 0.28 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RL, CPRI and REAL?

Ralph Lauren (RL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ralph Lauren (RL) $23.26B, Capri Holdings (CPRI) $1.87B, TheRealReal (REAL) $1.30B.

Which company is growing faster?

TheRealReal (REAL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ralph Lauren (RL) +14.7%, TheRealReal (REAL) +17.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ralph Lauren (RL) has the highest net margin (Ralph Lauren (RL) 11.8%, TheRealReal (REAL) -10.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ralph Lauren (RL) returned the most: Ralph Lauren (RL) +12.3%, Capri Holdings (CPRI) -29.9%, TheRealReal (REAL) -10.0%. Over five years, Ralph Lauren (RL) compounded fastest (Ralph Lauren (RL) +25.1%/yr, Capri Holdings (CPRI) -21.3%/yr, TheRealReal (REAL) -2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ralph Lauren (RL) 0.01%, Capri Holdings (CPRI) 0.00%, TheRealReal (REAL) 0.00%. Capri Holdings (CPRI) and TheRealReal (REAL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ralph Lauren (RL) has been the steadiest (Ralph Lauren (RL) 34.6%, Capri Holdings (CPRI) 45.7%, TheRealReal (REAL) 69.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, RL, CPRI and REAL?

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 7. 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.