NASDAQ:VRA - Vera Bradley Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 11th. The textile maker reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.02. The textile maker earned $127.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $124.48 million. Vera Bradley had a return on equity of 7.46% and a net margin of 2.67%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 30.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.12 earnings per share. View Vera Bradley's Earnings History.

Vera Bradley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Vera Bradley.

Vera Bradley updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.90-0.94 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.90. The company issued revenue guidance of $$492-500 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$497.4 million.

2 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Vera Bradley's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $14.00. On average, they expect Vera Bradley's share price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Vera Bradley.

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

News stories about VRA stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vera Bradley earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the textile maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Vera Bradley.

Vera Bradley saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,780,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the November 28th total of 1,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 344,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.2 days. Currently, 7.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Vera Bradley's Current Options Chain.

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Vera Bradley's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (1.61%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.26%). Company insiders that own Vera Bradley stock include Anne Marie Ray, B Baekgaard 2009 Gran Barbara, Bradley Baekgaard Fami Barbara, Edward M Schmults, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have bought Vera Bradley stock in the last two years include John Enwright, P Michael Miller 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 $11.14.

Vera Bradley has a market capitalization of $374.75 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]