secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA)
CIK:        0001495320
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-017020
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vera Bradley returns to Q4 profit, names Ian Bickley CEO and Martin Layding COO/CFO; guides FY27
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- Q4 net income $2.7M ($0.09 diluted EPS) vs loss $20M in prior year; non-GAAP net income $2.5M.
- FY26 net loss $32.7M ($1.17) vs loss $33.4M prior year; revenues $269.7M down from $318.8M.
- Ian Bickley appointed Chairman and CEO; Martin Layding named Chief Operating and Financial Officer.
- FY27 guidance: revenues $255-270M; operating loss improvement ≥40% vs FY26 non-GAAP loss of $21.7M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026017020/0001628280-26-017020-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026017020/vra-20260312.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-017020

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