At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestRL23.4x
Fastest growthSGI+27.1%
Strongest balance sheetRL1.10
Highest qualityRL83 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueSGI-4%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
RL
stronger →← stronger
SGI
83
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
73
83
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
90
44
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
49
SGI is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
RL
SGI
$1.1bC+
FCF
$769mC+
+14.7%B+
Rev
+27.1%A-
1.10B
D/E
1.98C+
23.4xC+
P/E
24.8xC+
1.97C+
PEG
0.83B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
RL
SGI
42% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
4% below
~18%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~14%/yr
-37%
1-yr DCF upside
-19%
-30%
5-yr DCF upside
+5%
-17%
10-yr DCF upside
+52%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
RL
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
SGI
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
The companies
RLRalph Lauren Corporation
Apparel Manufacturing · $371.28 · beta 1.35
Why now
Apparel Manufacturing · market cap $22.1b. 12% off the 52-week high of $421.60. Revenue growing +15%, comfortably above the S&P median. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $446.71 (implying +20% upside).
Moat
ROE 36% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 112% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances · market cap $14.3b. Down 37% from 52-week high of $98.56 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +27% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.83 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 9 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $93.44 (implying +50% upside).
Moat
ROE 17% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 144% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 37% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where RL and SGI diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.3 points in favor of SGI. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityRL 82.9 · SGI 72.6RL +10.3
GrowthRL 82.6 · SGI 90.0SGI +7.4
ValueRL 44.4 · SGI 49.3SGI +4.9
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SGI or RL the better stock?
SGI scores higher: SGI 68.5, RL 67.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SGI and RL differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where RL leads by 10 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are SGI and RL scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.