Vera Bradley Inc. (VRA)

VRA (NASDAQ:Consumer Non-Durables)
$24.65
pos +0.78
+3.27%
Today's Range: 24.00 - 25.03 | VRA Avg Daily Volume: 398,900
Last Update: 05/21/13 - 4:00 PM EDT
Volume: 282,867
YTD Performance: -6.02%
Open: $24.00
Previous Close: $23.87
52 Week Range: $18.91 - $31.00
Oustanding Shares: 40,602,546
Market Cap: 957,814,060
6-Month Chart
TheStreet Ratings Grade for VRA
Buy Hold Sell
A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E+ E E- F
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Analysts Ratings
Historical Rec Current 1 Mo. Ago 2 Mo. Ago 3 Mo. Ago
Strong Buy 4 4 4 5
Moderate Buy 1 1 1 1
Hold 3 3 3 2
Moderate Sell 0 0 0 0
Strong Sell 1 1 1 0
Mean Rec. 2.22 2.22 2.22 1.63
Latest Dividend: 0.00
Latest Dividend Yield: 0.00%
Dividend Ex-Date: 12/31/69
Price Earnings Ratio: 13.88
Price Earnings Comparisons:
VRA Sector Avg. S&P 500
13.88 13.90 17.70
Price Performance History (%Change):
3 Mo 1 Yr 3 Y
-11.48% 4.33% 0.00%
GROWTH 12 Mo 3 Yr CAGR
Revenue 17.40 0.87 0.23
Net Income 18.90 0.59 0.17
EPS 18.90 1.58 0.37
Earnings for VRA:
EBITDA 0.11B
Revenue 0.54B
Average Earnings Estimates
Qtr (04/13) Qtr (07/13) FY (01/14) FY (01/15)
Average Estimate $0.22 $0.40 $1.84 $2.04
Number of Analysts 6 6 6 4
High Estimate $0.22 $0.42 $1.90 $2.10
Low Estimate $0.21 $0.35 $1.75 $1.88
Prior Year $0.31 $0.33 $1.70 $1.84
Growth Rate (Year over Year) -30.65% 19.70% 8.04% 11.21%
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chriskatje: Vera Bradley shares have nice jump with new coverage, here was my earlier bullish piece http://t.co/Al9wnBy6uh $DIS $VRA
3 hours ago from Tweet Button
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10 hours ago from Twitter for iPhone
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13 hours ago from StockTwits Web
The_Real_Hmmm: Sold second half of $VRA at $24.66, +11.33%.
14 hours ago from TweetDeck
ipo_candy: Vera Bradley $VRA gets a buy rating from a boutique and a price target of $25. Stock is at $25 after trading as high as $50/shr in 2011.
14 hours ago from HootSuite
Briefingcom: $VRA: Standpoint Research starts at Buy
14 hours ago from UpgradesDowngrades
The_Real_Hmmm: Sold half $VRA around $23.82, +7.5%.
1 day ago from TweetDeck
AviatNetworks: RT @xaviercromartie: 8 best potential short squeezes yet to rocket launch: $AVNW $BTH $DGIT $GTAT $VRA $BZH $RSH $CAS
1 day ago from web
xaviercromartie: 8 best potential short squeezes yet to rocket launch: $AVNW $BTH $DGIT $GTAT $VRA $BZH $RSH $CAS
2 days ago from web
tradingview: $VRA chart by @xaviercromartie: http://t.co/PL0tF7NhF4 VRA - 47% short float - could pop.
2 days ago from TradingView
Bearish
Mar 14, 2013 | 7:46 AM EDT
VRA was downgraded from Outperform to Market Perform, William Blair said. Company may be facing another transition year. 
These two retailers can navigate the macroeconomic headwinds.
Vera Bradley's weekly chart identifies base-building action.

Rooting Through Retail Real Money Pro($)

When searching for new potential short plays this is one of the first sectors I hit.

Removed Clothes Real Money Pro($)

Two apparel names have lost their bullish appeal.
Bullish
Dec 13, 2012 | 8:08 AM EST
Shares of VRA upgraded to Buy from Hold, Jefferies said. $35 price target. Expect top-line improvement.
Longs may be holding on to their positions until January in order to take a bigger tax loss.

Vera, What Has Become of You? Real Money Pro($)

I'm interested in switching sides on Vera Bradley.
Bullish
Dec 06, 2012 | 8:27 AM EST
Shares of VRA now seen reaching $22, Jefferies said. Estimates also raised on all around solid quarter. Hold rating.

Guidance Weighs on VRA Real Money Pro($)

The shares are trading lower after hours, despite the company beating on the top and bottom lines for the quarter.

Columnist Conversation / Market Updates

| May 21, 2013
| 5:33 PM EDT
Co misses on revenues. Revenue rose (if you can call it that) 0.8% to $1.7 bin. (I was looking for 1.7% y/y rev growth.)...
| May 21, 2013
| 3:46 PM EDT
We added a call spread for NTAP here, not as pricey as the move implies, the chart not looking too bad. I like this for...

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