FOSL vs VRA vs ELA Stock Comparison

Fossil, Vera Bradley and Envela Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FOSL Fossil Group, Inc.
$6.65 +10.5% 1M +200.9% 1Y
Market cap
$393.06M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$980.80M
Div. yield
–
Jewelry Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
VRA Vera Bradley, Inc.
$6.38 +53.7% 1M +148.2% 1Y
Market cap
$183.00M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$274.49M
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
ELA Envela Corp
$11.15 -9.0% 1M +19.8% 1Y
Market cap
$289.49M
P/E
12.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$293.04M
Div. yield
–
Jewelry Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Envela leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Envela 6, Fossil 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFOSLVRAELALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $393.06M $183.00M $289.49M FOSL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -5.5x -18.2x 12.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 15.9x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -9.5% -1.7% +47.7% ELA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.3% -3.7% 7.6% ELA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -3.2% — 25.0% ELA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -1.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +200.9% +148.2% +19.8% FOSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.9%/yr -8.3%/yr +20.6%/yr ELA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.0% 85.7% 69.7% ELA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 24/100 55/100 83/100 ELA

Percentile Scorecard

FOSLVRAELA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFOSLVRAELA
Valuation 30 #32 of 45 73 #13 of 45 68 #15 of 45
Growth 19 #35 of 43 52 #21 of 43 98 #2 of 43
Profitability 18 #34 of 41 25 #31 of 41 75 #11 of 41
Financial Health 29 #37 of 52 69 #17 of 52 92 #5 of 52
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 24 55 83
  • FOSL ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • VRA ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • ELA ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFOSLVRAELASPY
1 month +10.5%+53.7%-9.0% +0.9%
3 months +51.1%+83.9%-47.7% +5.9%
6 months +49.8%+57.5%-34.8% +8.5%
Year to date +76.9%+163.6%-16.7% +13.3%
1 year +200.9%+148.2%+19.8% +12.4%
3 years +337.5%-11.3%+193.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +63.6%-3.9%+43.2% +23.5%
5 years -43.7%-35.0%+155.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -10.9%-8.3%+20.6% +11.0%
10 years -74.9%-52.0%+1,181.6% +263.4%
10 years, per year -12.9%-7.1%+29.1% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureFOSLVRAELASPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.0%85.7%69.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 64.9%75.8%61.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.101.101.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.751.730.28 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.4%-84.0%-61.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.9%0.0%-61.4% -0.9%
52-week high $7.22$6.38$28.88 $779.14
52-week low $1.79$1.80$8.80 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFOSLVRAELA
P/E now vs peer median -5.5xmedian 16.4x -18.2xmedian 16.4x 12.9xmedian 16.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x 1.0xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 10.0x -54.2xmedian 10.0x 8.5xmedian 10.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 12.0x 6.2xmedian 12.0x 12.0xmedian 12.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.2x 1.4xmedian 2.2x 3.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -1.40median 0.54 -1.05median 0.54 0.64median 0.54

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFOSLVRAELA
Revenue $980.80M $274.49M $293.04M
Gross profit $550.95M $138.42M $63.57M
Operating income -$9.13M -$9.93M $28.05M
Net income -$70.58M -$10.03M $22.37M
Free cash flow – $29.33M $24.03M
EPS (diluted) $-1.21 $-0.33 $0.86
Cash & equivalents $78.95M $34.25M $43.44M
Total debt $203.02M – $41.88M
Shares (diluted) 59.04M 30.00M 25.96M
Enterprise value $13.30M $107.01M $164.86M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFOSLVRAELA
P/E -5.5x -18.2x 12.9x
P/FCF – 6.2x 12.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 5.9x 11.2x
P/S 0.4x 0.7x 1.0x
P/B 4.4x 1.4x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 15.2x 1.4x 3.8x
EV/EBITDA – -54.2x 8.5x
EV/EBIT -56.6x -15.0x 9.1x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 0.5x 0.9x
EV/FCF – 5.1x 10.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 4.8x 9.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.40 -1.05 0.64

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFOSLVRAELA
Revenue growth (1Y) -9.5% -1.7% 47.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -14.7% -17.8% 14.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -7.6% 1.5% 35.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -10.7% -17.9% 11.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 76.6% 76.9% 172.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 42.8% 35.7% 31.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -11.9% 89.8% 162.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.1% 31.2% 18.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -9.0% 90.5% 162.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.9% 17.3% 20.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 228.0% 137.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 1.5% 59.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 187.3% 216.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.8% 68.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFOSLVRAELA
Gross margin 56.2% 50.4% 21.7%
EBITDA margin – -1.0% 10.2%
Operating margin -0.9% -3.6% 9.6%
Pretax margin -4.3% -3.7% 9.8%
Net margin -7.3% -3.7% 7.6%
FCF margin – 10.7% 8.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.3% 8.8%
Return on equity -73.2% -7.7% 28.7%
Return on assets -10.5% -4.4% 20.7%
Return on invested capital -3.2% – 25.0%
Return on capital employed -2.2% -5.6% 31.3%
Asset turnover 1.5x 1.2x 2.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -3.1x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFOSLVRAELA
Debt / assets 31.1% – 9.0%
Debt / equity 2.3x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -1.1x
Debt / FCF – – 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 86.2% 44.7% 25.9%
Equity / assets 13.8% 55.3% 74.1%
Interest coverage -0.4x – 79.8x
Current ratio 1.8x 2.4x 4.2x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.9x 2.5x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.7x 2.4x
Altman Z-score 1.85 3.42 11.02

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFOSLVRAELA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – – –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFOSLVRAELA
Forward P/E – – 15.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 $-0.23FY2026 $0.70FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +25.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -12.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $993.58MFY2026 $259.29MFY2026 $258.05MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.6%FY2026 -3.8%FY2026 +7.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -7.2% +11.9% -1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFOSLVRAELA
Held by institutions 65.2% 37.6% 19.3%
Institutions holding 113 67 95
Change in shares held, QoQ +15.8% -2.1% +11.1%
Institutions buying 75 30 63
Institutions selling 24 17 22
Buyers to sellers 3.13 1.76 2.86

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FOSLVRAELA
FOSL 1.00 0.29 0.13
VRA 0.29 1.00 0.13
ELA 0.13 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FOSL, VRA and ELA?

Fossil (FOSL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fossil (FOSL) $393.06M, Vera Bradley (VRA) $183.00M, Envela (ELA) $289.49M.

Which company is growing faster?

Envela (ELA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Fossil (FOSL) -9.5%, Vera Bradley (VRA) -1.7%, Envela (ELA) +47.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Envela (ELA) has the highest net margin (Fossil (FOSL) -7.3%, Vera Bradley (VRA) -3.7%, Envela (ELA) 7.6%). On return on invested capital, Envela (ELA) leads (Fossil (FOSL) -3.2%, Envela (ELA) 25.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fossil (FOSL) returned the most: Fossil (FOSL) +200.9%, Vera Bradley (VRA) +148.2%, Envela (ELA) +19.8%. Over five years, Envela (ELA) compounded fastest (Fossil (FOSL) -10.9%/yr, Vera Bradley (VRA) -8.3%/yr, Envela (ELA) +20.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Envela (ELA) has been the steadiest (Fossil (FOSL) 73.0%, Vera Bradley (VRA) 85.7%, Envela (ELA) 69.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FOSL, VRA and ELA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Envela (ELA) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.