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MetricVRAVera Bradley, Inc.CRICARTERS INCMOVMOVADO GROUP INCOXMOXFORD INDUSTRIES INCMedian of the restexcluding VRA
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$6.12▲ 0.05 (0.82%)
$33.93▲ 1.45 (4.46%)
$32.28▼ 0.14 (0.43%)
$28.35▲ 2.30 (8.83%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/107.3/107.3/104.0/107.3/10
Market value$171.2M$1.24B$718.0M$425.3M
Revenue$269.7M$2.90B$671.3M$1.48B
Profit-$47.8M$91.8M$26.6M-$27.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-15.4%1.9%2.7%-2.6%1.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.46.4%45.4%54.2%60.7%54.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-11.8%5.0%4.4%-2.1%4.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-17.7%3.2%4.0%-1.9%3.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-4.9%2.4%8.0%0.8%2.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-36.3%9.9%5.2%-5.4%5.2%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-22.3%11.5%8.3%-4.0%8.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—13.46x27.04x—20.25x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—6.73x—21.40x14.07x
Price to book1.30x1.34x1.41x0.83x1.34x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.78x1.77x0.46x1.54x1.54x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/85/98/83/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafedistress

How VRA compares with the others

  • VRA's operating margin of -11.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (4.4%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -15.4% against 1.9%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.8x against 1.5x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.