Vera Bradley Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:VRA)

Vera Bradley trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRA."

Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 4th. The textile maker reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.02. The textile maker earned $119.79 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $117.35 million. Vera Bradley had a return on equity of 6.55% and a net margin of 3.82%. The business's revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.26 earnings per share. View Vera Bradley's Earnings History.

Vera Bradley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December 11th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Vera Bradley.

Vera Bradley will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, December 11th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Vera Bradley updated its FY 2020 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.86-0.93 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.71. The company issued revenue guidance of $490-505 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $432.89 million.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Vera Bradley's shares. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $10.00. On average, they expect Vera Bradley's share price to reach $10.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Vera Bradley.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vera Bradley in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Vera Bradley.

News coverage about VRA stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vera Bradley earned a news impact score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the textile maker a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Vera Bradley.

Vera Bradley saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,570,000 shares, a decrease of 22.3% from the September 30th total of 2,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 384,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 6.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Vera Bradley's Current Options Chain.

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Vera Bradley's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (1.39%), Mackay Shields LLC (0.56%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.41%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.40%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.21%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.19%). Company insiders that own Vera Bradley stock include Anne Marie Ray, B Baekgaard 2009 Gran Barbara, Bradley Baekgaard Fami Barbara, James Bradley Byrne, Joan B Hall, John Enwright, Michael C Ray, P Michael Miller, Patricia R Miller, Robert J Hall, Robert Wallstrom and Thomas Farrell Byrne II. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Vera Bradley.

VRA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Systematic Financial Management LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Mackay Shields LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold Vera Bradley company stock in the last year include Anne Marie Ray, B Baekgaard 2009 Gran Barbara, Bradley Baekgaard Fami Barbara, James Bradley Byrne, Joan B Hall, Michael C Ray and Robert J Hall. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vera Bradley.

VRA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Raymond James Trust N.A., Meeder Asset Management Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Vera Bradley stock in the last two years include John Enwright and Robert Wallstrom. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vera Bradley.

Shares of VRA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.40.

Vera Bradley has a market capitalization of $387.49 million and generates $416.10 million in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $20.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.59 on an earnings per share basis. Vera Bradley employs 2,620 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Vera Bradley.

The official website for Vera Bradley is http://www.verabradley.com/.

Vera Bradley's mailing address is 12420 STONEBRIDGE ROAD, ROANOKE IN, 46783. The textile maker can be reached via phone at 877-708-8372 or via email at [email protected]