The Chart of the Day belongs to the apparel company Ralph Lauren (RL). I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Seeker signaled a buy on 1/ 26 the stock gained 27.74%.
Ralph Lauren Corporation designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers apparel, including a range of men's, women's, and children's clothing; footwear and accessories, which comprise casual shoes, dress shoes, boots, sneakers, sandals, eyewear, watches, fashion and fine jewelry, scarves, hats, gloves, and umbrellas, as well as leather goods, such as handbags, luggage, small leather goods, and belts; home products consisting of bed and bath lines, furniture, fabric and wallcoverings, lighting, tabletop, kitchen linens, floor coverings, and giftware; and fragrances. It sells apparel and accessories under the Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Golf Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Golf, RLX Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, and Chaps brands; women's fragrances under the Ralph Lauren Collection, Woman by Ralph Lauren, Romance Collection, and Ralph Collection brand names; and men's fragrances under the Polo Blue, Ralph's Club, Safari, Purple Label, Polo Red, Polo Green, Polo Black, Polo Sport, and Big Pony Men's brand names. The company's restaurant collection includes The Polo Bar in New York City; RL Restaurant in Chicago; Ralph's in Paris; The Bar at Ralph Lauren located in Milan; and Ralph's Coffee concept. It sells its products to department stores, specialty stores, and golf and pro shops, as well as directly to consumers through its retail stores, concession-based shop-within-shops, and its digital commerce sites. The company directly operates retail stores and concession-based shop-within-shops; and operates Ralph Lauren stores, factory stores, and stores and shops through licensing partners. Ralph Lauren Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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Barchart Technical Indicators:
- 100% technical buy signals
- 75.45+ Weighted Alpha
- 55.22% gain in the last year
- Trend Seeker buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 16 new highs and up 33.30% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 84.68%
- Technical support level at $182.48
- Recently traded at $184.08 with 50 day moving average of $149.08
Fundamental Factors:
- Market Cap 11.72 billion
- P/E 19.02
- Dividend yield 1.64%
- Wall Street projects Revenue will grow 2.80% this year and grow another 4.40% next year
- Earnings are estimated to increase 22.90% this year, increase an additional 9.53% next year but continue to compound downward at an annual rate of 13.55% for the next 5 years
Analysts and Investor Sentiment -- I don't buy stocks because everyone else is buying but I do realize that if major firms and investors are dumping a stock it's hard to make money swimming against the tide:
- Wall Street analysts issued 6 strong buy, 5 buy, 8 hold and 2 sell recommendation this month
- Analysts price targets are $113 to $244 - very, very wide range - consensus price target $183.80 - slight loss so why more buys than holds?
- The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 378 to 18 for the stock to beat the market with the most experienced investors voting 76 to 9 for the same result
- Value Line rates the stock an above average 2 but has a price target of $155 for a 15% loss — does that make sense?
- CFRAs MarketScope has a 3 star hold rating but a price target of $150 for a 22% loss — why advise you to hold something they predict will be a loser?
- 19,460 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha
Additional disclosure: The Barchart Chart of the Day highlights stocks that are experiencing exceptional current price appreciation. They are not intended to be buy recommendations as these stocks are extremely volatile and speculative. Should you decide to add one of these stocks to your investment portfolio it is highly suggested you follow a predetermined diversification and moving stop loss discipline that is consistent with your personal investment risk tolerance and reevaluate your stop losses at least on a weekly basis.
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