Polo Ralph Lauren Corp (RL)

A prepster just isn't a prepster without a Polo-insignia on his shirt. Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation designs and distributes their high quality brand of clothing, accessories, fragrances and home products through department stores, their own retail stores, and online at their website. Its hundreds of world-wide retail stores bring the style of moneyed Hamptons trust-fund babies to shoppers everywhere.

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Yearly Income Statement 2011 Annual

All the money that a company makes from selling their products or services. Kind of like your salary.

? Total Revenue
$5.66b

What companies get to keep after paying for the costs of selling their product. So if you sell lemonade for $1 and it costs you 50 cents to make, your gross profit is 50 cents.

? Gross Profit
$3.32b

The money they generate solely from their core business. So the money you make at a garage sale doesn't count, but your salary does.

? Operating Income
$853.20m

The bottom line -- what they get to keep after paying all of their expenses. It's what's left of your salary after paying for your needs that you can put towards your wants.

? Net Income
$567.60m
Balance Sheet  

Everything a company has that will be turned into cash within a year. This includes things like inventory or money they are owed.

? Total Current Assets
$2.48b

All the stuff the company needs to pay off within a year. It's basically the opposite of total current assets.

? Total Current Liabilities
$832.00m

Take everything the company owns and subtract what they owe -- it's what belongs to the shareholders. Think of it as your net worth.

? Total Equity
$3.30b
Cash Flow  

The bottom line -- what they get to keep after paying all of their expenses. It's what's left of your salary after paying for your needs that you can put towards your wants.

? Net Income/Starting Line
$567.60m

The cash that companies make from their core business of selling products or services. If you sell lemonade, it's the cash you make from selling it.

? Cash from Operating
$688.70m

This is the cash that companies make from their investments. If you invest in a second lemonade stand, this is where it would go.

? Cash from Investing
$-299.40m

Changes in debt, loans and dividends. If a neighbor owes you for a glass of lemonade you gave him for free or if you owe someone else, it would show up here.

? Cash from Financing
$-512.60m

Has the amount of cash gone up or down? This number shows how much more (or less) they made over time. Are things getting better or worse?

? Net Change in Cash
$-110.10m

Events

  • April292012
    Rockland Minerals Corp. expected to report Fiscal Year 2011 results on April 29, 2012. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on May 20, 2011).
  • May162012
    Ralph Lauren Corporation expected to report Fiscal Year 2012 results on May 16, 2012. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on January 21, 2012).

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