Ralph Lauren designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, accessories, home furnishings, fragrances, and hospitality. Co.'s brand names include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, and Club Monaco, among others. Co. sells directly to customers via its retail stores, concession-based shop-within-shops, and through its own digital commerce sites; while its international licensing partners operate Ralph Lauren stores and shops, and Club Monaco stores and shops. Co. has three reportable segments: North America ; Europe; and Asia. The RL stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the RL stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2015 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the RL annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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