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Data last updated: Oct 21, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 21, 2026): Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) pays a $3.74 annual dividend ($1.00 quarterly), yielding 1.06% at $378.42/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-25. 5 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.06%
Annual Dividend: $3.74 per share
Payout Ratio: 23.5%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-25
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Years of Dividend History: 24
Ralph Lauren Corporation dividend investors get a 1.1% yield from a global premium lifestyle brand spanning apparel, accessories, and home goods under names like Polo Ralph Lauren and Ralph Lauren Purple Label. The trailing annual dividend rate is $3.7375 per share, paid quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date on September 25, 2026. RL operates 504 retail stores and 684 concession-based shop-within-shops across North America, Europe, and Asia, giving it broad geographic reach. With a beta of 1.353, this is a cyclical stock that suits growth-and-income investors comfortable with price swings in exchange for fast dividend growth.
Ralph Lauren Corporation pays out 22.4% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves substantial room to sustain and grow the dividend even if earnings soften, and RL's multi-channel revenue base, spanning wholesale, 504 owned retail stores, and direct digital commerce, spreads demand across multiple income streams. The most significant pressure on Ralph Lauren Corporation dividend safety is the stock's beta of 1.353: as a Consumer Cyclical business, earnings can contract sharply in downturns, which is the primary scenario where that comfortable payout cushion would shrink.
Ralph Lauren Corporation dividend history shows a CAGR of 18.1% per year from 2009 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.25 to $3.5625 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest single-year jump in the data was 100.0% in 2011, reflecting a period of aggressive dividend scaling early in the history. RL has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years, and the annual figures from 2022 through 2025 show uninterrupted year-over-year increases: $2.938, $3.00, $3.225, and $3.5625.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +6.6% | $2.94 (2022) | $3.56 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +39.0% | $0.69 (2020) | $3.56 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.9% | $2.00 (2015) | $3.56 (2025) |
RL stock fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend expansion from a premium global brand and can accept a low current yield in exchange. The yield sits at 1.1%, classified as low (below 2%), and even against RL's own 5-year average yield of 0.87%, the current level is only modestly above historical norms. The 22.4% payout ratio means the dividend is not being stretched to manufacture yield. What an investor gets here is a fast-growing dividend backed by a conservative payout, anchored in a cyclical business where earnings, and therefore dividend capacity, can move with the economic cycle.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | $1.0000 |
| 2026-06-26 | $1.0000 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.9125 |
| 2025-12-26 | $0.9125 |
| 2025-09-26 | $0.9125 |
| 2025-06-27 | $0.9125 |
| 2025-03-28 | $0.8250 |
| 2024-12-27 | $0.8250 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.8250 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.8250 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.9125 |
| 2025 | $3.5625 |
| 2024 | $3.2250 |
| 2023 | $3.0000 |
| 2022 | $2.9375 |
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