RL Value Scorecard - Ralph Lauren Corporation

Value Scorecard · run 2026-10-18

13 value checks: 12 scored 1 to 5, plus moat evidence

48/60

high value score

Earnings & returns

EPS Trend

5/5

Diluted EPS: $7.58 (2023), $9.71 (2024), $11.61 (2025), $15.11 (2026). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.

ROE Trend

5/5

ROE (net income / common equity): 21.5% (2023), 26.4% (2024), 28.7% (2025), 33.1% (2026). Median 27.5%, lowest 21.5%; the framework scores a median above 20% as 5.

ROIC

4/5

ROIC of 19.9%: operating income of $1.18B divided by $5.91B of capital (total assets $7.74B minus current liabilities $1.83B), fiscal year to Mar 28, 2026, as filed in the 10-K (SEC EDGAR). The framework scores 15-20% as 4.

Profit Margins

4/5

Net margin of 11.8%; the framework scores 10-20% as 4; gross margin 70.3%, operating margin 18.4%.

Balance sheet & cash

Debt-to-Equity

3/5

Debt-to-equity of 1.10; the framework scores 0.8-1.5 as 3 (total debt $3.00B, total cash $1.94B).

Free Cash Flow

4/5

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure): $193.50M (2023), $904.90M (2024), $1.02B (2025), $704.90M (2026). It rose every year but one and ended above 2023; the framework scores that as 4.

Retained Earnings

5/5

Retained earnings, as filed in the 10-Ks (SEC EDGAR): $6.60B (2023), $7.05B (2024), $7.59B (2025), $8.31B (2026). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.

Valuation models

Graham IV

5/5

IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y) = $15.87 x (8.5 + 2 x 20.0) x (4.4 / 4.5) = $752.59 (EPS CAGR 24.7% capped at 20%). Current price $385.50; price is 48.8% below the model value.

DCF Value

4/5

FCF/share = $23.344, stage 1 growth = 10.6% for 5 years, terminal growth = 3%, discount rate = 10%. Stage 1 PV = $118.64, PV of terminal value = $352.96, DCF value = $471.60. Current price $385.50; price is 18.3% below the model value.

Margin of Safety

4/5

Graham value $752.59 (price is 48.8% below the model value); DCF value $471.60 (price is 18.3% below the model value).

Price-to-Book

1/5

P/B of 8.44; the framework scores above 5.0 as 1.

Business quality

Moat Evidence

Not scored

A moat (a brand, a network, switching costs, patents, scale, a licence) is not a number in the filings, so Valerius doesn’t score it. Below are the figures and the words moat analysis starts from, from the company’s own 10-K filings. The conclusion is yours.

Return on capital, each year

Above 15% in 2 of 10 years (2017-2026); lowest -2.1%, highest 19.9%.

Gross margin, each year

Between 54.9% and 69.9% over 10 years (a range of 15.0 points).

Competition, in the company’s own words · 10-K filed May 21, 2026

Competition is very strong in the segments of the fashion and consumer product industries in which we operate. We compete with an extensive range of designers and manufacturers of apparel, handbags, footwear, accessories, fragrances, and home products, both domestic and international. We also face increasing competition from companies selling our product categories solely through the Internet. Some of our competitors may be significantly larger and have substantially greater resources than us.

The opening of the company’s “Competition” section in its 10-K, quoted word for word, not summarized or edited. It is the company’s own description, not Valerius’s view, and may include the company’s expectations. Open the filing.

Return on capital = operating income / (total assets − current liabilities), the ROIC row’s definition; 15% is the framework’s return threshold. Gross margin = gross profit / revenue. Both from each year’s 10-K via SEC EDGAR. Moat analysis commonly looks at whether returns and margins held up over many years. These figures don’t say whether the company has an advantage, what it is, or whether it will last.

Capital Allocation

4/5

Capital allocation, 2023-2026: dividends or buybacks paid in every year (pass); $2.85B paid out against $2.82B of free cash flow (fail: paid out more than free cash flow); total debt $2.88B to $3.01B, up 4.4%, 2.1x EBITDA (pass: not up more than 10%); shares outstanding 0.07B to 0.06B, down 8.5% (pass). 3 of 4 tests passed; the framework scores that as 4.

Filings

Company notices to the SEC

Not scored

Three kinds of event the company reported to the SEC in the last 5 years, from its filings on SEC EDGAR.

These are events the company reported to the SEC. An auditor change or a late filing can have many causes; each date links to the filing, where the company explains it. Valerius does not score these.

How the Graham and DCF values were calculated

  Graham Formula:
    IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y)
    EPS = $15.87, g = 20.0%, Y = 4.5
    g capped at 20.0% (3-year EPS CAGR was 24.7%)
    IV = $752.59
    Current price $385.50 vs Graham value $752.59 — price is 48.8% below the model value.

  DCF:
    FCF/share = $23.344
    Stage 1 growth = 10.6% for 5 years | terminal growth = 3.0% | discount rate = 10.0%
      Y1: $25.818 → PV $23.471
      Y2: $28.555 → PV $23.599
      Y3: $31.582 → PV $23.728
      Y4: $34.930 → PV $23.857
      Y5: $38.632 → PV $23.988
    Stage 1 PV sum = $118.64
    Terminal value at end of Y5 = $568.44
    PV of terminal value = $352.96
    DCF value = $471.60
    Current price $385.50 vs DCF value $471.60 — price is 18.3% below the model value.

Data from yfinance summary figures and financial statements, and from the company’s 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR; computed at a price of $385.50. Every score is calculated from the figures by the framework’s fixed rules, and the explanation beside it is generated from the same figures: Graham value, DCF value, margin of safety, ROIC, profit margins, debt-to-equity, price-to-book, EPS trend, ROE trend, free cash flow, retained earnings and capital allocation. No AI is involved in this scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence, without a score. Read each score with the figures beside it. Intrinsic value calculations are model outputs based on stated assumptions, not predictions.

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