Current Stock Price
You can see above Ralph Lauren's current stock price. According to Forbes.com, Ralph Lauren's market cap is at an astonishing 15.54 billion dollars. A share is being sold at $176.61 with a volume of 829,632. This has changed quite a bit over time. Its starting stock price was at $32.12 in June of 1997. The Price of stock has fluctuated little during the beginning years, but steadily increased since then. Below you can see a chart of the stock price beginning in 1997.
There was a very large decline in stock during the years of 2006 and 2008-2009. This can be attributed to the recession that struck the world and also many other companies and organizations negatively. Polo battled through the recession and was able to continue increasing comparable to their earlier stock prices. Ralph Lauren Corporation’s ISS Governance QuickScore as of Nov 1, 2013 is 10. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 10; Shareholder Rights: 8; Compensation: 9 (yahoo.finance.com)