Ralph Lauren Corp (RL): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Laggard
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) pushed the Consumer Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Consumer Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Ralph Lauren fell $2.15 (-1.3%) to $160.40 on average volume. Throughout the day, 957,181 shares of Ralph Lauren exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 797,800 shares. The stock ranged in price between $159.14-$162.50 after having opened the day at $162.48 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $162.55. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that declined today were:
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), down 9.3%,
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), down 5.6%, and
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), down 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 $9.65 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 15.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Ralph Lauren a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Ralph Lauren as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels, expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Ralph Lauren Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 17.7%,
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), up 9.6%, and
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), up 9%, were all gainers within the consumer goods sector with
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) being today's featured consumer goods sector leader.
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