The stock of Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) has gone down by -12.65% for the week, with a -8.95% drop in the past month and a -0.30% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.52%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 3.87% for VRA. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -8.91% for VRA stock, with a simple moving average of -20.34% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA) is above average at 166.16x. The 36-month beta value for VRA is also noteworthy at 1.92. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 0 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
The public float for VRA is 20.43M, and at present, short sellers hold a 14.79% of that float. The average trading volume of VRA on December 11, 2024 was 344.39K shares.
VRA) stock’s latest price update
Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA)’s stock price has decreased by -8.27 compared to its previous closing price of 5.38. However, the company has seen a -12.65% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2024-12-11 that Vera Bradley (VRA) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.27 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.06. This compares to earnings of $0.19 per share a year ago.
Analysts’ Opinion of VRA
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VRA stocks, with Noble Capital Markets repeating the rating for VRA by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for VRA in the upcoming period, according to Noble Capital Markets is $8 based on the research report published on June 16, 2022 of the previous year 2022.
Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VRA reach a price target of $12. The rating they have provided for VRA stocks is “Market Perform” according to the report published on March 22nd, 2021.
Telsey Advisory Group gave a rating of “Market Perform” to VRA, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on March 12th of the previous year.
VRA Trading at -7.06% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VRA to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -40.72% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.87%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.52%, as shares sank -7.46% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -1.59% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VRA fell by -12.21%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -36.33% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.42. In addition, Vera Bradley Inc saw -35.91% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Stock Fundamentals for VRA
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.52 for the gross margin
The net margin for Vera Bradley Inc stands at 0.0. The total capital return value is set at -0.0. Equity return is now at value 0.34, with 0.22 for asset returns.
Based on Vera Bradley Inc (VRA), the company’s capital structure generated 0.07 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.07. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.07. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -0.89.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 43.24 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.16. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.39. The receivables turnover for the company is 13.93for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.16. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.83.
Conclusion
In summary, Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) has had a bad performance as of late. Analysts have bullish opinions on the stock, with some viewing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
