National Vision (EYE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

National Vision Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:EYE) is a U.S.-based optical retailer that provides eye examinations, prescription eyewear, contact lenses and related accessories. The company serves value-conscious consumers through company-operated stores and digital channels.

National Vision operates primarily under the America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses and Eyeglass World brands. America's Best emphasizes affordable eye exams and bundled eyewear offerings, while Eyeglass World provides prescription glasses, contact lenses and related optical services. The company also operates Vista Optical locations, including stores serving customers in select retail and military settings.

Headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, National Vision serves customers across the United States and Puerto Rico. Its business model combines in-store vision care and optical dispensing with online shopping and fulfillment, allowing customers to purchase eyewear through multiple channels.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $16.24 to $16.62
• 50-Day Range: $15.85 to $23.12
• 52-Week Range: $14.75 to $30.02
• Volume: 698,253 shs
• Average Volume: 1.88 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.30 billion
• P/E Ratio: 27.02
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $29.82
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

National Vision Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

National Vision scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 191st out of 482 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

National Vision has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

National Vision has a consensus price target of $29.82, representing about 80.4% upside from its current price of $16.53.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

National Vision has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 32.31%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for National Vision are expected to grow by 32.31% in the coming year, from $0.65 to $0.86 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of National Vision is 27.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of National Vision is 27.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.07.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

National Vision has a PEG Ratio of 1.29. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

National Vision has a P/B Ratio of 1.51. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

20.31% of the float of National Vision has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

National Vision has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in National Vision has recently increased by 11.51%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

National Vision does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

National Vision does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.42

News Sentiment

National Vision has a news sentiment score of 1.42. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for National Vision this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for EYE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added National Vision to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, National Vision insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.40% of the stock of National Vision is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

National Vision has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/12/2026
• Today: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Other Specialty Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:EYE
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:EYE
• CIK: 1710155
• Web: www.nationalvision.com
• Phone: (770) 822-3600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 13,138
• Year Founded: 1990

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for National Vision: $29.82
• High Price Target: $40.00
• Low Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +80.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.61
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.02
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.35
• P/E Growth: 1.29
• Net Income: $29.60 million
• Net Margins: 2.47%
• Pretax Margin: 3.36%
• Return on Equity: 6.78%
• Return on Assets: 3.01%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.25
• Current Ratio: 0.59
• Quick Ratio: 0.27

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.99 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.66
• Cash Flow: $1.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.15
• Book Value: $10.96 per share
• Price / Book: 1.50

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 79,070,000
• Free Float: 77,171,000
• Market Cap: $1.30 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.98