secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA)
CIK:        0001495320
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-15T12:13:32+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-061971
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vera Bradley Q2 FY2027 revenue $71.6M (+1.1%), net income $0.15/diluted share; guides to 50%+ op loss improvement
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- Net income from continuing ops $4.5M ($0.15/diluted) vs prior-year loss ($4.7M); non-GAAP EPS $0.11 vs ($0.02).
- Direct segment sales up 8.0% to $65.4M, comps +9.2%; Indirect sales down 39.4% to $6.3M.
- Gross margin 59.8% (incl. $7.7M tariff refunds); operating income $4.2M vs prior-year operating loss of $4.6M.
- Cash $34.2M (up vs $15.2M), no debt; inventory down 28.4% to $69.3M.
- Reiterates FY2027 sales $255-270M and operating loss improvement of at least 50% vs $21.7M prior-year loss.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026061971/0001628280-26-061971-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026061971/vra-20260915.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-061971

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