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Ralph Lauren Corp Class A (RL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for RL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Report, “Google and RSI — The Loop Nobody Has Closed” (2026-09-13)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where RL appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

  • Google and RSI — The Loop Nobody Has ClosedReport · 13 Sept 2026If rsi-model-liverl-le is genuine, “liverl” reads most naturally as “live RL”, reinforcement learning that continues rather than stopping at release.
Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.73 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How RL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.73 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Ralph Lauren Corp Class A moved 0.73% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 72% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.01 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.59% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +4.26% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Apparel Manufacturing · United States · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Apparel Manufacturing · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against RL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Ralph Lauren Corp Class A

RL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Ralph Lauren designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, accessories, home furnishings, and fragrances, sold under the Polo Ralph Lauren, Lauren Ralph Lauren, and related brand names. It reaches shoppers through department stores, specialty retailers, licensed partners, and its own physical and digital stores across North America, Europe, and Asia. It also runs a small number of branded restaurants and cafés alongside the retail business.
Where it sits in the stack
Ralph Lauren holds no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out, so it sits outside that stack entirely. It belongs instead to the consumer-cyclical part of our wider coverage, classed under apparel manufacturing rather than any chip, data-centre, or model-infrastructure layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name. The comparison the market most often draws is with PVH, owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, as another multi-brand lifestyle apparel house.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Ralph Lauren carries an S&P 500 seat but no Rubin or Halo seat, and no Closelooknet score has been built for it yet. Its single mention in the diary comes from a report on reinforcement-learning terminology, where the letters RL are read as shorthand for continuing, or 'live', training, a play on the company's own ticker rather than commentary on the business.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares extend their recent higher session after trading below both their short- and longer-term averages and well off their high, and whether that move holds.

Ralph Lauren Corp Class A (RL) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.33%, quarterly · last 1.00 USD on 2026-09-25

Dividends and capital return

What RL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.74 USD per share · a 1.33% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 5 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +39.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.39 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.00 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-25
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.50 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.22 USD · 2025: 3.56 USD · 2026: 2.91 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Ralph Lauren Corp Class A (RL)?

Ralph Lauren Corp Class A trades as RL on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is RL in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Ralph Lauren Corp Class A is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does RL trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -2.2% vs the 50-day and -2.1% vs the 200-day average, 15.3% below the 52-week high and +20% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Ralph Lauren Corp Class A trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Ralph Lauren Corp Class A had a beta of 0.73 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 72% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.59% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Ralph Lauren Corp Class A?

Ralph Lauren Corp Class A appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Report: Google and RSI — The Loop Nobody Has Closed (2026-09-13). What Closelooknet said most recently: If rsi-model-liverl-le is genuine, “liverl” reads most naturally as “live RL”, reinforcement learning that continues rather than stopping at release. (Report, 2026-09-13). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Ralph Lauren Corp Class A do?

Ralph Lauren designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, accessories, home furnishings, and fragrances, sold under the Polo Ralph Lauren, Lauren Ralph Lauren, and related brand names. It reaches shoppers through department stores, specialty retailers, licensed partners, and its own physical and digital stores across North America, Europe, and Asia. It also runs a small number of branded restaurants and cafés alongside the retail business. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name. The comparison the market most often draws is with PVH, owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, as another multi-brand lifestyle apparel house.

Where does Ralph Lauren Corp Class A sit in the AI build-out?

Ralph Lauren holds no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out, so it sits outside that stack entirely. It belongs instead to the consumer-cyclical part of our wider coverage, classed under apparel manufacturing rather than any chip, data-centre, or model-infrastructure layer. Ralph Lauren carries an S&P 500 seat but no Rubin or Halo seat, and no Closelooknet score has been built for it yet. Its single mention in the diary comes from a report on reinforcement-learning terminology, where the letters RL are read as shorthand for continuing, or 'live', training, a play on the company's own ticker rather than commentary on the business.

Does Ralph Lauren Corp Class A pay a dividend?

Ralph Lauren Corp Class A has paid 4.74 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.33% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.00 USD on 2026-09-25. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for RL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Apparel Manufacturing, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.