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Vera Bradley Inc (NASDAQ: VRA) closed the day trading at $2.11 down -4.09% from the previous closing price of $2.2. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.09 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.96 million shares were traded. VRA stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.24 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.02.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VRA, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.75 and its Current Ratio is at 2.43. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.61 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.48.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, Noble Capital Markets on June 16, 2022, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $8.
On March 22, 2021, Cowen Downgraded its rating to Market Perform which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $12.
Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating for the stock on March 12, 2020, while the target price for the stock was revised from $12 to $7.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 12 ’25 when Meslow Andrew bought 253,094 shares for $1.88 per share. The transaction valued at 474,551 led to the insider holds 300,000 shares of the business.
Bickley Ian bought 53,722 shares of VRA for $99,923 on Jun 12 ’25. The Director now owns 93,628 shares after completing the transaction at $1.86 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VRA now has a Market Capitalization of 58946060 and an Enterprise Value of 132009352. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.42. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.397 whereas that against EBITDA is -4.294.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VRA is 1.78, which has changed by -0.59107804 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13844287 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VRA has reached a high of $5.79, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.71. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.31%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.72%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VRA traded about 736.08K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VRA traded about 783090 shares per day. A total of 27.94M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 19.14M. Insiders hold about 31.49% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 40.70% stake in the company. Shares short for VRA as of 1763078400 were 1312786 with a Short Ratio of 1.78, compared to 1760486400 on 1741107. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1312786 and a Short% of Float of 7.01.
