Ralph Lauren Corp (RL): Today's Featured Consumer Non-Durables Winner

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Ralph Lauren (RL) pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today making it today's featured consumer non-durables winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Ralph Lauren rose $2.69 (1.5%) to $177.09 on light volume. Throughout the day, 622,693 shares of Ralph Lauren exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 933,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $174.51-$177.21 after having opened the day at $175 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $174.40. Other companies within the Consumer Non-Durables industry that increased today were: American Apparel (APP), up 18.6%, Verso Paper (VRS), up 10%, Mannatech (MTEX), up 8.4%, and United-Guardian (UG), up 6.5%.

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Ralph Lauren Corporation engages in the design, marketing, and distribution of lifestyle products. Ralph Lauren has a market cap of $10.6 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.9, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 16.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Ralph Lauren a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Ralph Lauren as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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