---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-049886"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RL"
cik: "0001037038"
company_name: "RALPH LAUREN CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T23:19:27.484775+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ralph Lauren Q2 beats; revenue +17%, adj. EPS $3.79; raises FY2026 outlook

## Summary
- Adj. diluted EPS of $3.79 (+49% YoY); reported EPS $3.32 (+44%); revenue $2.0B (+17% reported, +14% constant currency).
- Global direct-to-consumer comparable store sales +13%, with double-digit growth in all regions; North America comps +13%.
- Adjusted operating margin 14.1% (+270bps YoY); gross margin 68.0% (+100bps); AUR +12% with strong full-price demand.
- Full-year FY2026 guidance raised: constant-currency revenue growth now +5–7%; operating margin expansion +60–80bps.
- Returned ~$420M to shareholders YTD via dividends and buybacks; cash and short-term investments $1.6B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-049886
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RL
- cik: 0001037038
- company_name: RALPH LAUREN CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000162828025049886/0001628280-25-049886-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000162828025049886/rl-20251106.htm

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