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Vera Bradley (VRA) Competitors

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$3.35 -0.09 (-2.62%)
(As of 02:21 PM ET)

VRA vs. FOSL, TPR, RL, VFC, PVH, COLM, HBI, CRI, GIII, and OXM

Should you be buying Vera Bradley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Bradley include Fossil Group (FOSL), Tapestry (TPR), Ralph Lauren (RL), VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), and Oxford Industries (OXM). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.

Vera Bradley vs.

Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) and Fossil Group (NASDAQ:FOSL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Fossil Group had 2 more articles in the media than Vera Bradley. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fossil Group and 2 mentions for Vera Bradley. Vera Bradley's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Fossil Group's score of -0.96 indicating that Vera Bradley is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vera Bradley
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Fossil Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Vera Bradley has a net margin of -4.21% compared to Fossil Group's net margin of -10.07%. Vera Bradley's return on equity of -2.74% beat Fossil Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vera Bradley-4.21% -2.74% -1.80%
Fossil Group -10.07%-40.95%-9.77%

59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Fossil Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fossil Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fossil Group received 267 more outperform votes than Vera Bradley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.81% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 54.05% of users gave Fossil Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vera BradleyOutperform Votes
360
55.81%
Underperform Votes
285
44.19%
Fossil GroupOutperform Votes
627
54.05%
Underperform Votes
533
45.95%

Vera Bradley has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fossil Group. Vera Bradley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fossil Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vera Bradley$405.27M0.23$7.84M-$0.59-5.71
Fossil Group$1.22B0.07-$157.09M-$2.33-0.74

Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fossil Group has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vera Bradley beats Fossil Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VRA vs. The Competition

MetricVera BradleyLeather & leather products IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$93.44M$5.89B$24.51B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.18%167.16%4.26%
P/E Ratio-5.7118.70107.6417.15
Price / Sales0.231.003.10118.46
Price / Cash2.406.0921.7637.85
Price / Book0.422.365.394.78
Net Income$7.84M$198.28M$673.49M$225.50M
7 Day Performance-15.33%-6.41%-3.52%-1.00%
1 Month Performance-35.44%-7.50%-1.35%0.67%
1 Year Performance-55.72%-12.97%8.36%15.58%

Vera Bradley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRA
Vera Bradley
1.2591 of 5 stars
$3.35
-2.6%
N/A-54.8%$92.88M$405.27M-5.682,135Positive News
FOSL
Fossil Group
1.6348 of 5 stars
$1.87
-6.0%
N/A+22.5%$99.47M$1.22B-0.856,100
TPR
Tapestry
3.6293 of 5 stars
$64.00
+1.3%
$59.47
-7.1%
+73.3%$14.91B$6.67B18.3618,600
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.4738 of 5 stars
$233.01
+2.4%
$223.90
-3.9%
+58.3%$14.47B$6.63B21.6823,400
VFC
VF
3.4134 of 5 stars
$21.37
+1.4%
$18.78
-12.1%
+19.8%$8.32B$10.09B-12.1830,000
PVH
PVH
3.8071 of 5 stars
$110.78
+2.1%
$128.00
+15.5%
-11.2%$6.16B$9.22B8.8429,000
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
3.1347 of 5 stars
$89.60
+1.0%
$80.75
-9.9%
+10.1%$5.12B$3.33B24.5110,070Positive News
HBI
Hanesbrands
2.0963 of 5 stars
$8.47
-2.8%
$6.90
-18.5%
+93.9%$2.99B$5.47B-13.2048,000
CRI
Carter's
3.6809 of 5 stars
$56.24
+1.0%
$67.67
+20.3%
-25.2%$2.03B$2.95B8.8415,230Positive News
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GIII
G-III Apparel Group
1.4098 of 5 stars
$35.64
-1.3%
$32.17
-9.7%
-2.2%$1.56B$3.11B9.484,600
OXM
Oxford Industries
3.0458 of 5 stars
$87.26
+7.0%
$77.00
-11.8%
-20.6%$1.37B$1.57B91.626,000

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This page (NASDAQ:VRA) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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