On Monday, Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA) was -4.45% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $6.29. A 52-week range for VRA has been $5.45 – $8.35.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 3.13%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 5.45%. With a float of $21.64 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $30.81 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 2135 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 53.63%, operating margin of 1.94%, and the pretax margin is 1.51%.
Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Vera Bradley Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Vera Bradley Inc is 26.60%, while institutional ownership is 65.78%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 08 ’23, was worth 251,739. In this transaction Director of this company sold 33,500 shares at a rate of $7.51, taking the stock ownership to the 49,135 shares.
Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) Earnings and Forecasts
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 4/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 0.33 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 0.12) by 0.21. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.27 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.45% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.30% during the next five years compared to -15.62% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.44. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.39. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 4.62.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.14, a number that is poised to hit 0.21 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.71 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Vera Bradley Inc (VRA)
Looking closely at Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA), its last 5-days average volume was 0.28 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.34 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 75.93%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.28.
During the past 100 days, Vera Bradley Inc’s (VRA) raw stochastic average was set at 19.48%, which indicates a significant decrease from 36.48% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 57.83% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 48.27% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $6.34, while its 200-day Moving Average is $7.07. However, in the short run, Vera Bradley Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $6.26. Second resistance stands at $6.51. The third major resistance level sits at $6.65. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $5.88, it is likely to go to the next support level at $5.74. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $5.49.
Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA) Key Stats
There are 29,488K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 177.23 million. As of now, sales total 470,790 K while income totals 7,840 K. Its latest quarter income was 80,600 K while its last quarter net income were -8,120 K.
