RLRalph Lauren Corporation

Consumer discretionary · Apparel · NYSE

Founded in 1967 by Mr. Ralph Lauren, we are a global leader in the design, marketing, and distribution of luxury lifestyle products, including apparel, handbags, footwear & accessories, fragrances, home, and hospitality. 10-K, Item 1

Employees: 23,600
Headquarters: New York, NY
CEO: Patrice Louvet
Next results: around Feb 4, 2027

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Dilution: new shares, stock pay and buybacks

prospectuses (S-3, 424B) of the last three years and the 10-K cash flow From EDGAR

Shares offered

Since Nov 11, 2023: no share offering; also 1 notes offering, 1 debt shelf.

Every offering filing →

Paid in stock

$111.0M

stock-based pay, year to Mar 28, 2026

Bought back

$623.8M

cash paid for its own shares, year to Mar 28, 2026: 5.6× the stock pay

Diluted shares: 62.30M in the year to Mar 28, 2026 2026 -2.7%2025 -3.8%2024 -3.6%2023 -7.1%

Change in the diluted weighted average share count from the fiscal year before, stock splits taken out. Bars use one scale for stock pay and buybacks. Prospectuses are read from their cover page; preliminary ones are left out. Cash & buybacks, year by year → · How

Where the cash came from and where it went

Last year 3 years 5 years

FY2026, from the cash flow statement in the 10-K, added up.

Came from

Operating cash flow NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001628280-26-037074	$1.2B
Debt raised ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt, 0001628280-26-037074	$498.2M

Went to

Buybacks PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001628280-26-037074	$623.8M
Dividends PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0001628280-26-037074	$216.5M
Debt repaid RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt, 0001628280-26-037074	$400.0M
Added to cash CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001628280-26-037074	$65.3M
Other, net investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates	$346.8M

Each number is a line of the cash flow statement as the company tagged it. "Other, net" is what those lines do not cover (investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates); Tickdelta does not estimate it.

Each CEO's years

The CEO of each fiscal year as named in the proxy's pay versus performance table, and what the 10-Ks show for those years. Facts, not a grade.

Mr. Louvet

FY2022 to FY2026 · 5 years in the table

Operating cash flow: $4.6B
Capital spending: $765.4M
Buybacks: $2.5B
Dividends: $960.5M
Stock-based pay: $475.6M
Diluted shares since FY2021: -15.2%
Revenue since FY2021: +84%
Debt since FY2021: -$394.0M
CEO pay (reported): $96.0M

The proxy that names the CEO ↗

Buybacks, year to Mar 28, 2026

$623.8M

cash paid for its own shares

Paid in stock to employees

$111.0M

buybacks were 5.6× this

Share count, 1 year

-2.7%

fewer shares: each share owns more

Share count, 3 years

-9.7%

diluted average shares

Fiscal year to	Buybacks	Dividends	Stock pay	Shares issued for cash	Diluted shares
2026-03-28	$623.8M	$216.5M	$111.0M	-	62.30M
2025-03-29	$480.9M	$201.1M	$107.9M	-	64.00M
2024-03-30	$449.7M	$194.6M	$99.5M	-	66.50M
2023-04-01	$488.6M	$198.3M	$75.5M	-	69.00M
2022-04-02	$492.6M	$150.0M	$81.7M	-	74.30M

From the XBRL of the 10-Ks (cash flow statement and diluted weighted average shares); each year as reported in the latest 10-K that includes it. Concepts: buybacks = PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock; dividends = PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; sbc = ShareBasedCompensation; diluted_shares = WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding.

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