Vera Bradley (VRA) Competitors

Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) and Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is VRA or MOV more profitable?

Movado Group has a net margin of 6.94% compared to Vera Bradley's net margin of 1.66%. Movado Group's return on equity of 9.56% beat Vera Bradley's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vera Bradley	1.66%	6.69%	4.47%
Movado Group	6.94%	9.56%	6.39%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VRA or MOV?

59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Movado Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Vera Bradley shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Movado Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer VRA or MOV?

Vera Bradley currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.10%. Movado Group has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.42%. Given Movado Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Movado Group is more favorable than Vera Bradley.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vera Bradley	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Movado Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to VRA or MOV?

In the previous week, Movado Group had 3 more articles in the media than Vera Bradley. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Movado Group and 7 mentions for Vera Bradley. Vera Bradley's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Movado Group's score of -0.14 indicating that Vera Bradley is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vera Bradley	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Movado Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VRA or MOV?

Vera Bradley received 155 more outperform votes than Movado Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.90% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 55.41% of users gave Movado Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vera Bradley	Outperform Votes 360 55.90%	Underperform Votes 284 44.10%
Movado Group	Outperform Votes 205 55.41%	Underperform Votes 165 44.59%

Which has better valuation & earnings, VRA or MOV?

Movado Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vera Bradley. Movado Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vera Bradley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vera Bradley	$470.79M	0.53	$7.84M	$0.25	32.20
Movado Group	$672.60M	0.86	$46.71M	$2.06	12.75

Which has more risk and volatility, VRA or MOV?

Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Movado Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Movado Group beats Vera Bradley on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.