Question 1

Which is bigger, HD or RL?

Accepted Answer

Home Depot, Inc. is the larger company — market cap $294B vs $22.3B for Ralph Lauren Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, HD or RL?

Accepted Answer

RL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 11.8% vs 8.7% for HD.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, HD or RL?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, HD trades at a lower P/E — 20.3 vs 22.6 for RL. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, HD or RL?

Accepted Answer

HD yields 3.19% vs 0.99% for RL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — HD or RL?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, HD leads 6 of 12 comparable metrics and RL leads 6. StockCV rates HD “Solid” and RL “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	HD	RL
Price	$294.30	$373.38
Market cap	$294B	$22.3B
Revenue (TTM)	$386B	$8.36B
Revenue growth	+1.5%	+8.0%
Net margin	8.7%	11.8%
Free cash flow	$37.2B	$1.04B
Net cash (debt)	($61.1B)	($944M)
1-year price return	-22.4%	+17.7%
P/E	20.3	22.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	65%	28%
Dividend yield	3.19%	0.99%
Return on equity	103%	36%
Altman Z-score	4.31	5.05
CV checks passed	9 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	472,400	23,600

Home Depot, Inc. vs Ralph Lauren Corporation