Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Footwear & Accessories
Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA
$5.11 +2.61% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $145.3M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Dec 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -3.1% from -18.4% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +137.7%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 122.6 percentage points.
- The diluted share count rose 7.4% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 5%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
- Gross marginTop 21%
- Operating marginBottom 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
- Interest coverBottom 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 18%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 22%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 12%
- 6-month returnTop 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 2%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 12%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -13.4% | -6.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 48.3% | 50.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -18.4% | -3.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -11.5% | 19.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -6.3% | -13.4% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Gross margin | 50.4% | 48.3% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Operating margin | -3.1% | -18.4% | ↑ | Bottom 11% |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -33.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 19.2% | -11.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.1% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -18.6% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -26.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -18.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.08×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -42.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +7.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 15, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 20
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | +237.5% | +34.5% | +36.8% | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2026 | +72.7% | +8.8% | +18.6% | +26.7% | +5.3% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | +800.0% | +35.7% | +41.8% | +50.6% | +23.7% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | -172.7% | -16.3% | +1.9% | +42.8% | +22.8% |
| Sep 11, 2025 | +86.7% | -7.9% | -10.1% | -10.1% | +3.9% |
| Jun 11, 2025 | -176.9% | -19.1% | -0.4% | +3.4% | -7.7% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | -400.0% | -3.3% | -3.3% | -27.2% | -21.0% |
| Dec 11, 2024 | -550.0% | -11.9% | -27.9% | -31.0% | -49.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.11 | -$0.08 | +237.5% | $71.6M |
| Jun 11, 2026 | -$0.09 | -$0.33 | +72.7% | $55.7M |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.01 | +800.0% | $84.9M |
| Dec 11, 2025 | -$0.30 | -$0.11 | -172.7% | $62.3M |
| Sep 11, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.15 | +86.7% | $70.9M |
| Jun 11, 2025 | -$0.36 | -$0.13 | -176.9% | $51.7M |
| Mar 12, 2025 | -$0.30 | $0.10 | -400.0% | $100.0M |
| Dec 11, 2024 | -$0.27 | $0.06 | -550.0% | $80.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 10.3× | — | — | Top 34% |
| EV / Sales | 0.66× | — | — | Top 22% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 36.24% | — | — | Top 2% |
| Earnings yield | -7.19% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.8× – 159.4× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 14
- Days above the 200-day average
- 14
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +42.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +52.8%
- RSI (14)
- 77.2
- Relative volume
- 0.45×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 81.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 81th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.24
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.25
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- +0.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -78.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2021 | May 6, 2025 | -87.2% | 982 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Dec 9, 2020 | -21.7% | 11 days | 42 days (Feb 10, 2021) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -17.6% | 5 days | 47 days (Jun 1, 2021) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -17.4% | 11 days | 11 days (Nov 16, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $145.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.37
- Revenue (TTM)
- $274.5M
- 52-week range
- $1.39 – $5.14
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $540.5M | $500.0M | $470.8M | $372.0M | $269.7M |
| Gross profit | $287.9M | $238.9M | $256.4M | $186.8M | $125.0M |
| Operating income | $26.9M | -$94.9M | $10.4M | -$42.4M | -$27.6M |
| Net income | $17.8M | -$59.7M | $7.8M | -$62.2M | -$47.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.52 | -$1.90 | $0.25 | -$2.15 | -$1.71 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $70.5M | $100.0M | $51.7M | $70.9M | $62.3M | $84.9M | $55.7M | $71.6M |
| Net income | -$12.8M | -$47.0M | -$33.5M | -$4.7M | -$12.4M | $2.7M | -$4.8M | $4.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.46 | -$1.69 | -$1.20 | -$0.17 | -$0.44 | $0.09 | -$0.17 | $0.15 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $39.9M | -$13.4M | $48.0M | -$14.1M | $13.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.5M | -$8.2M | -$3.8M | -$10.4M | -$3.3M |
| Free cash flow | $34.4M | -$21.7M | $44.2M | -$24.5M | $10.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$7.7M | -$18.1M | -$2.2M | -$21.8M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $34.2M
- Total assets
- $239.3M
- Total liabilities
- $106.9M
- Total debt
- $71.0M
- Net debt
- $36.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $132.3M
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 15, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 595,356
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -13.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.